diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
index 17a871f9..eda7947c 100644
--- a/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - scikit-learn
     - cartopy
     - pytorch=1.7.1
-    - gdal
+    - gdal=3.6.2
     - pip:
           - pre-commit==2.20.0
           - pytorch-lightning==0.7.1 # lots of API changes