diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
index 2f260fc0d36..36a52f66e62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
             numpy-version: '2.1'
             pandas-version: ''
             xarray-version: ''
-            optional-packages: ' contextily geopandas ipython pyarrow rioxarray sphinx-gallery'
+            optional-packages: ' contextily geopandas ipython rioxarray sphinx-gallery'
           # The job below is for testing GeoPandas v0.x on Ubuntu.
           # The python-version here can't be the versions in the matrix.python-version
           # defined above. Otherwise, other jobs will be overridden by this one.
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e043ab97f77..ad9b8c55064 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
     - conda-forge
     - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-    - python=3.13
+    - python>=3.10
     # Required dependencies
     - gmt=6.5.0
     - ghostscript=10.04.0