diff --git a/tools/circleci_dependencies.sh b/tools/circleci_dependencies.sh
index 1ce11a06f..0560b8d34 100755
--- a/tools/circleci_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/circleci_dependencies.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ cd mne-python
 pip install -e .
 cd ..
 echo "Installing dependencies"
-python -m pip install --upgrade --progress-bar off -r requirements.txt -r requirements_testing.txt -r requirements_doc.txt "mne-qt-browser[opengl] @ git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-qt-browser.git@main"
-python -m pip install -e .
+python -m pip install --upgrade --progress-bar off \
+    -r requirements.txt -r requirements_testing.txt -r requirements_doc.txt \
+    "mne-qt-browser[opengl] @ git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-qt-browser.git@main" \
+    --only-binary="numpy,scipy,scikit-learn,matplotlib,pandas,ndindex,tables" \
+    -e .