diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 8754d73a2..099e2b581 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ outputs:
         - fsspec
         - future
         - greenlet
-        - grpcio <1.42
+        - grpcio !=1.42.*
         - h5py
         - hytra >=1.1.5
         - ilastik-feature-selection