diff --git a/pyaerocom_env.yml b/pyaerocom_env.yml
index 32a7a59ac..560f153be 100644
--- a/pyaerocom_env.yml
+++ b/pyaerocom_env.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
     - geojsoncontour
     - geocoder_reverse_natural_earth >= 0.0.2
-    - pyaro >= 0.0.10
+    - pyaro >= 0.0.12
     - aerovaldb >= 0.1.1
 ## testing
   - pytest >=7.4
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42616fb69..392d619c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
     'cf-units>=3.1',
     "pydantic>=2.7.1",
     "pyproj>=3.0.0",
-    "pyaro>=0.0.10",
+    "pyaro>=0.0.12",
     "pooch>=1.7.0",
     "psutil>=5.0.0",
 ]