diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 97a99af75..5b7e68043 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 typing_extensions
 numpy>=1.20.0
-scipy>=1.6.0
+scipy>=1.6.0,<1.13
 imageio>=2.17
 tifffile
 matplotlib
 jaxlib>=0.4.3,<=0.4.23
 jax>=0.4.3,<=0.4.23
-orbax-checkpoint
+orbax-checkpoint<=0.5.7
 flax>=0.6.1,<=0.7.5
 pyabel>=0.9.0