diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 69ff5efe1e87bac9630863cea73d696f84c0d695..50d8e72deb18c6d113a24e20ef0b0526555702e2 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ requirements:
     - tqdm {{ tqdm }}
     - tensorboard {{ tensorboard }}
     - python-gitlab {{ python_gitlab }}
-    - mlflow {{ mlflow }}
+    - mlflow-skinny {{ mlflow_skinny }}
     - lightning {{ lightning }}
     - lightning >=2.2.0
   run:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ requirements:
     - {{ pin_compatible('tqdm') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('tensorboard') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('python-gitlab') }}
-    - {{ pin_compatible('mlflow') }}
+    - {{ pin_compatible('mlflow-skinny') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('lightning', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - lightning >=2.2.0
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 18129c9846d9908374c1543da38b8c1a7fa10c27..730ea1c7a825d91779f7391da23d1a64a91ad854 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "grad-cam>=1.4.8",
   "versioningit",
   "python-gitlab",
-  "mlflow",
+  "mlflow-skinny",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ tensorboard = "*"
 grad-cam = ">=1.4.8"
 versioningit = "*"
 python-gitlab = "*"
-mlflow = "*"
+mlflow-skinny = "*"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.self.pypi-dependencies]
 mednet = { path = ".", editable = true }