diff --git a/conda/environment.yml b/conda/environment.yml
index 069e0f96..110a4043 100644
--- a/conda/environment.yml
+++ b/conda/environment.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ dependencies:
   - anaconda-client
   - conda-build
   - conda-verify
+  - versioneer
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 2de18d1e..fbae85e9 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ requirements:
         - PyYAML
         - requests
         - python-dateutil
-        - tenacity!=7.0.0
+        - tenacity
         - cftime
         - GitPython >=3.1.40
         - ruamel.yaml >=0.18.5