diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ef3407b..4067bde 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dev = [
     "mypy>=1.10,<2",
     "types-PyYAML>=6.0,<7",
     "types-requests>=2.31,<3",
-    "scipy-stubs>=1.11,<2",
+    "scipy-stubs>=1.18.1.0,<2",
     "scipy>=1.11,<2",
     # Needed by tests/test_release_gate.py::test_build_and_stage_real_wheel
     # which shells out to ``python -m build --wheel`` to verify the wheel