diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52d70cf6e755c3650238d3f58f1fac783493cb7a..f57e13ff183e239dce02e25e4c366832270c5cd9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def setup_package():
     keywords = ('machine learning, supervised learning, classification, '
                 'ensemble methods, boosting, kernel')
     packages = find_packages(exclude=['*.tests'])
-    install_requires = ['scikit-learn>=0.24', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'cvxopt' ]
+    install_requires = ['scikit-learn==0.24', 'numpy', 'scipy', 'cvxopt' ]
     python_requires = '>=3.6'
     extras_require = {
         'dev': ['pytest', 'pytest-cov'],