diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 62868ad09..95e1e4fd1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ include_package_data = True
 python_requires = >=3.8, <3.12
 install_requires =
     anytree>=2.8.0
-    beartype>=0.10.0 
+    beartype>=0.10.0
     gensim>=4.0.0,!=4.2.0 # bug with 4.2.0 on some platforms, issue #998
     graspologic-native>=1.1.1
     hyppo>=0.3.2 # bug with lower versions and scipy>=1.8
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ install_requires =
     POT>=0.7.0
     seaborn>= 0.11.0
     scikit-learn>=0.22.0
-    scipy>=1.9.0
+    scipy>=1.9.0,<1.13.0
     statsmodels>=0.13.2
     typing-extensions>=4.4.0
     umap-learn>=0.4.6