diff --git a/ci/min_versions.yaml b/ci/min_versions.yaml
index 0777bd36..04594cb6 100644
--- a/ci/min_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/min_versions.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib==3.6.*
   - numpy==1.23.*
   - pandas==1.4.0
-  - pip
+  - pip<24.1  # this pin can be removed once we require pyuvdata>=3.0
   - psutil==5.9.0
   - psycopg==3.2.2
   - pytest==6.2.5