diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2dc39d84..bf173efb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scib",
     "scib-metrics",
     "scikit-misc",
-    "scirpy",
+    "scirpy==0.12.2",
     "scrublet",
     "scvi-tools",
     "sqlalchemy",