diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b676f63..d66d6cce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Changed
 
 - Poverty rate reads from HAPI dataset
+- Fix hapi-schema version
 
 ## [0.10.41] = 2025-02-20
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f575bd6d..68f4fe32 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 
 dependencies = [
-    "hapi-schema>= 0.9.8",
+    "hapi-schema== 0.9.8",
     "hdx-python-api>= 6.3.8",
     "hdx-python-country>= 3.8.8",
     "hdx-python-database[postgresql]>= 1.3.5",