diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index d0e788d1b124f..7cb2d8171c0cb 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
index 7fda383dd9e1d..d8c3e6e220630 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
index c72d743bf3375..9a0cb5ab81d23 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
index 032bd68c09ad6..bf79d14cd1b78 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
index 36c584bf1fd10..5433d00bb94b5 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <2024.10.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 58eb69ad1f070..8987623bd865e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies:
   - scipy>=1.10.0
   - sqlalchemy>=2.0.0
   - tabulate>=0.9.0
-  - xarray>=2022.12.0
+  - xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
   - xlrd>=2.0.1
   - xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
   - zstandard>=0.19.0
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_spss.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_spss.py
index e118c90d9bc02..82613b4e80725 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_spss.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_spss.py
@@ -161,4 +161,6 @@ def test_spss_metadata(datapath):
                 "modification_time": datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 6, 14, 33, 36),
             }
         )
-    assert df.attrs == metadata
+    if Version(pyreadstat.__version__) >= Version("1.2.8"):
+        metadata["mr_sets"] = {}
+    tm.assert_dict_equal(df.attrs, metadata)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 5a63e59e1db88..712b5e01257ff 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ s3fs>=2022.11.0
 scipy>=1.10.0
 SQLAlchemy>=2.0.0
 tabulate>=0.9.0
-xarray>=2022.12.0
+xarray>=2022.12.0, <=2024.9.0
 xlrd>=2.0.1
 xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
 zstandard>=0.19.0