diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 95f894a1cacc805ecfc23544121962fad1194de4..6bc538da6fa754cd09887a97b0a34a91cb7c4515 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   # scoring
   - xskillscore  # includes sklearn
   # data access
-  - intake
+  - intake==0.6.1
   - fsspec
   - zarr
   - s3fs