diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
index 6701461da62..44a33a45c96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
             numpy=1.26
             pandas
             xarray
-            packaging
+            packaging=24.2
             contextily=1.5
             geopandas=1.0
             ipython
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 05e18df3426..bf78c41b84e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
     - numpy>=1.26
     - pandas>=2.1
     - xarray>=2023.07
-    - packaging
+    - packaging>=24.2
     # Optional dependencies
     - contextily>=1.5
     - geopandas>=1.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82b07cd59f0..d8007e4c2d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.26",
     "pandas>=2.1",
     "xarray>=2023.07",
-    "packaging",
+    "packaging>=24.2",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 48e2c87bbb4..e17f53add57 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 numpy>=1.26
 pandas>=2.1
 xarray>=2023.07
-packaging
+packaging>=24.2