diff --git a/sdks/python/tox.ini b/sdks/python/tox.ini
index ad5d7ec5505..85f71e559c1 100644
--- a/sdks/python/tox.ini
+++ b/sdks/python/tox.ini
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ commands =
   bash {toxinidir}/scripts/run_pytest.sh {envname} {toxinidir}/apache_beam/runners/dask/
 
 [testenv:py{39,310,311,312}-win-dask]
+# use the tight range since the latest dask requires cloudpickle 3.0
 commands_pre =
-  pip install 'distributed>=2024.4.2' 'dask>=2024.4.2'
+  pip install 'distributed>=2024.4.2,<2024.9.0' 'dask>=2024.4.2,<2024.9.0'
 commands =
   python apache_beam/examples/complete/autocomplete_test.py
   bash {toxinidir}/scripts/run_pytest.sh {envname} {toxinidir}/apache_beam/runners/dask/