diff --git a/cellxgene_schema_cli/requirements.txt b/cellxgene_schema_cli/requirements.txt
index cff698b74..c2bbdc731 100644
--- a/cellxgene_schema_cli/requirements.txt
+++ b/cellxgene_schema_cli/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-anndata>=0.8,<0.12
+anndata>=0.8,<0.11
 cellxgene-ontology-guide==1.2.0 # update before a schema migration
 click<9
 Cython<4