diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b58b57fa..6583dce8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = [
     # Building with numpy 2.0 is compatible with numpy 1.x, but it
     # is only available on Python 3.9+
     "numpy >= 2.0.0; python_version > '3.8'",
-    "scipy == 1.13.0",
+    "scipy >= 0.13.2, !=1.12.0",
     "oldest-supported-numpy; python_version <= '3.8'",
     "setuptools>=40.8.0",
     "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bc8cb354..bd89f482 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 numpy >= 2.0.0; python_version > '3.8'
-scipy == 1.13.0
+scipy >= 0.13.2, !=1.12.0
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