diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index a3887d9df..e5a8af5b3 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
 - coverage
 - codacy-coverage
 - dill =0.3.7
-- gitpython =3.1.37
+- gitpython =3.1.40
 - h5io =0.1.9
 - h5py =3.10.0
 - jinja2 =3.1.2