diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 767f6cf..55e87cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
-  "sktime",
+  "sktime >= 0.24.1",
   "numpy",
   "scikit-learn",
   "pynndescent",