diff --git a/conda/dev.yaml b/conda/dev.yaml
index d1fe537..4daf48b 100644
--- a/conda/dev.yaml
+++ b/conda/dev.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - python 3.8.1
   - poetry
+  - virtualenv >= 20.25.0
diff --git a/conda/release.yaml b/conda/release.yaml
index 55747d6..398f9ac 100644
--- a/conda/release.yaml
+++ b/conda/release.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dependencies:
   - python 3.10.*  # min version supported
   - poetry
   - nodejs >=18.17  # used by semantic-release
+  - virtualenv >= 20.25.0
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b44909c..dc8bb00 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2660,4 +2660,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4"
-content-hash = "f0c2e809841035532de9b10834ca864e8d8389f655494da1aa25e4ab3945bf2a"
+content-hash = "3945359e88649aa80097f69cfc7a27141020fcca5e3e079c47ee60e96dc9db04"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f69c558..353fa08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ mkdocs-material = ">=9.1.15"
 mkdocstrings = {version=">=0.19.0", extras=["python"]}
 makim = "1.8.3"
 compose-go = ">=1.23.0"
-virtualenv = ">=20.25.0"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]