diff --git a/deeprvat_env.yaml b/deeprvat_env.yaml
index 2bd29790..a50346da 100644
--- a/deeprvat_env.yaml
+++ b/deeprvat_env.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - dask=2023.5
   - fastparquet=0.5
   - h5py=3.1
+  - mkl==2022.1.0
   - numcodecs=0.11
   - numpy=1.21
   - optuna=2.10