diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 4e721bd661..fe68b6f4d4 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies:
   - psy-simple >=1.5.0
   - pyproj >=2.1
   - pys2index  # only from conda-forge
-  - python >=3.10,<3.13
+  - python >=3.10
   - python-cdo
   - python-dateutil
   - pyyaml
diff --git a/environment_osx.yml b/environment_osx.yml
index 242f0a4f56..06b0d0a326 100644
--- a/environment_osx.yml
+++ b/environment_osx.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies:
   - psy-simple >=1.5.0
   - pyproj >=2.1
   - pys2index >=0.1.5  # only from conda-forge; https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/pull/3792
-  - python >=3.10,<3.13
+  - python >=3.10
   - python-cdo
   - python-dateutil
   - pyyaml