diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 660cd7f11e..1a1c960942 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
   - ruamel.yaml
   - scikit-image
-  - scikit-learn
+  - scikit-learn >= 1.4.0  # github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3504
   - scipy
   - seaborn
   - seawater
diff --git a/environment_osx.yml b/environment_osx.yml
index 0d1f034e61..6d14f65227 100644
--- a/environment_osx.yml
+++ b/environment_osx.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dependencies:
   - requests
   - ruamel.yaml
   - scikit-image
-  - scikit-learn
+  - scikit-learn >= 1.4.0  # github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3504
   - scipy
   - seaborn
   - seawater
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 34ef66d80e..16a76cec75 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         'requests',
         'ruamel.yaml',
         'scikit-image',
-        'scikit-learn',
+        'scikit-learn>=1.4.0',  # github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues/3504
         'scipy',
         'scitools-iris>=3.6.1',
         'seaborn',