diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 17d6f40..e5627f3 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ autodocsumm==0.2.8
 ipykernel==5.5.3
 protobuf==3.20.*
 anndata
-scanpy
+scanpy==1.9.2
 sphinx-design==0.2.0
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.9.0
 sphinx_tabs
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 640eec3..e9b8f14 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ install_requires =
     seaborn >= 0.11.2
     scikit-learn >= 1.0.1
     pyro-ppl >= 1.8.0
-    anndata
-    scanpy
+    anndata >= 0.8.0
+    scanpy >= 1.9.2
 package_dir=
     =.