diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index c93069f2231002ee084d889735428226ee7a6be0..38195c3da0baa9bc173aef32eeb44ab21b4e3fe7 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ channels:
 
 dependencies:
   - cmake>=3.15
-  - ale
+  - ale>=0.8.8
   - csm
-  - nlohmann_json<=3.10.4
+  - nlohmann_json
   - eigen