diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 285bcbc..5ceb1b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Dependencies are specified as `install_requires` in `setup.py`. Also needs `tens
 conda create -n eqip -c conda-forge -c cpape python=3.6 tensorflow-gpu=1.3
 conda activate eqip
 conda install -c conda-forge -c cpape pip z5py
-conda install -c conda-forge scikit-image numpy scipy
+conda install -c conda-forge scikit-image numpy 'scipy>=1.1.0,<1.3.0'
 conda install -c conda-forge h5py requests urllib3 idna
 conda install -c conda-forge cython
 conda install -c conda-forge pymongo
diff --git a/eqip/conda.py b/eqip/conda.py
index 05ea375..3697288 100644
--- a/eqip/conda.py
+++ b/eqip/conda.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       -y \
       python=3.6
 conda activate %(name)s
-pip install h5py scikit-image numpy scipy requests urllib3
+pip install h5py scikit-image numpy 'scipy>=1.1.0,<1.3.0' requests urllib3
 conda install -c conda-forge -y z5py gxx_linux-64 cython tensorflow-gpu=1.3
 pip install git+https://github.com/hanslovsky/eqip@%(eqip_revision)s
 '''
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4570814..2116fdc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     'pip>=18.1',
     'scikit-image>=0.14.1',
     'numpy>=1.15.4',
-    'scipy>=1.1.0',
+    'scipy>=1.1.0, <1.3.0',
     'malis-pre-release',
     'gunpowder @ git+https://github.com/funkey/gunpowder@721718b6569b47a2f5d5d6633c76c85f779e25c7',
     'daisy @ git+https://github.com/funkelab/daisy@41130e58582ae05d01d26261786de0cbafaa6482',