diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index b77e2a90..3c6dbb2d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. Upcoming Release
 .. =================
 
+* Enable rasterio >1.2.10. Allows now to use the new rasterio 1.3.0 version.
 
 Version 0.2.8
 =============
diff --git a/environment.yaml b/environment.yaml
index 6ba365c4..c946c20f 100644
--- a/environment.yaml
+++ b/environment.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies:
 - geopandas
 - cdsapi
 - pyproj>=2.0
-- rasterio>=1.0,<1.2.10  # until 1.3.0 is released
+- rasterio>1.2.10
 - shapely
 - progressbar2
 - tqdm
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b3607570..5d133fd4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         "toolz",
         "requests",
         "pyyaml",
-        "rasterio<1.2.10",
+        "rasterio>1.2.10",
         "shapely",
         "progressbar2",
         "tqdm",