diff --git a/conda_dev_requirements.txt b/conda_dev_requirements.txt
index c053f84d..443ec3d0 100644
--- a/conda_dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/conda_dev_requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ statsmodels>=0.13.2
 pydap>=3.2.2
 lxml>=4.9.0
 requests>=2.27.1
-pyproj>=3.5.0
+#pyproj>=3.5.0
 cartopy>=0.21.0
 #xesmf>=0.3.0  # Optional. Not part of main package
 #esmpy>=8.0.0  # Optional. Not part of main package