diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fbf8a0b0..b2c6a2aa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ commands =
     # Rebuild netcdf4 on Linux due to errors in new version (https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/issues/1192)
     # linux: python -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps --no-cache-dir netcdf4==1.6.4 --no-binary netcdf4
     # Rebuild GDAL in order to gain access to GDAL system-level objects
-    python -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps --no-cache-dir gdal~={env:GDAL_VERSION} --no-binary gdal
+    python -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps --no-cache-dir gdal=={env:GDAL_VERSION}.* --no-binary gdal
     # Run tests
     pytest --cov
     # Coveralls requires access to a repo token set in .coveralls.yml in order to report stats