diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6ebf6d484..a963ed69e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3434,4 +3434,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9,<3.13"
-content-hash = "beca2ea420b490790200b13f12005a483ff4d6cbb00fd78956eb5dd9e7c3d484"
+content-hash = "d445e279bfe64be4ee6b924bde66c22865247b6d42b64b53e051d3ec9b9c7f7e"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8220d1b1f..b38f29cb0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ numpy = "^1.26.4"
 POT = "^0.9"
 seaborn = "^0.13.2"
 scikit-learn = "^1.4.2"
-scipy = "1.12.0"
+scipy = "^1.12.0"
 statsmodels = "^0.14.2"
 typing-extensions = "^4.4.0"
 umap-learn = "^0.5.6"