diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index c74a1e9..a74e49c 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ required_packages = ["SimpleITK==2.5.5",
                      "tifffile==2024.7.24",
                      "matplotlib==3.10.7",
                      "pillow==11.2.1",
-                     "scipy==1.17.1"]
+                     "scipy==1.16.3"]
 
 
 platforms = {"windows-x64": Platform(pypi_suffix="win_amd64",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8e05e31..585afb5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "h5py==3.11.0",
     "transforms3d==0.4.2",
     "matplotlib==3.10.7",
-    "scipy==1.17.1",
+    "scipy==1.16.3",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]