diff --git a/.github/ci/recipe.yaml b/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
index 11a2d14b8..bea38a26c 100644
--- a/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
+++ b/.github/ci/recipe.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 context:
   name: parcels
   version: ${{ env.get('PARCELS_ALPHA_VERSION', default='0.1.0dev') }}
+  python_min: "3.11"
 
 package:
   name: ${{ name|lower }}
@@ -21,14 +22,14 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python 3.11.*
+    - python {{python_min}}.*
     - pip
     - setuptools
     - setuptools_scm
     - setuptools_scm_git_archive
     - wheel
   run:
-    - python >=3.11
+    - python >={{ python_min }}
     - cftime >=1.6.3
     - dask >=2024.5.1
     - netcdf4 >=1.7.2
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ requirements:
     - zarr >=2.15.0,!=2.18.0,<3
     - uxarray>=2025.3.0
     - pyogrio # needed for geopandas (uxarray -> geoviews -> geopandas -> pyogrio, but for some reason conda doesn't pick it up automatically)
+    - holoviews >= 1.22.0 # https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/issues/2326
     - pooch >=1.8.0
 
 tests:
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 65d8bdeca..1e24524a9 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ netcdf4 = ">=1.6.0"
 numpy = ">=2.1.0"
 tqdm = ">=4.50.0"
 xarray = ">=2024.5.0"
+holoviews = ">=1.22.0" # https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/issues/2326
 uxarray = ">=2025.3.0"
 dask = ">=2024.5.1"
 zarr = ">=2.15.0,!=2.18.0,<3"