diff --git a/conda/compass_env/spec-file.template b/conda/compass_env/spec-file.template
index 90c20bf746..ea59b874fd 100644
--- a/conda/compass_env/spec-file.template
+++ b/conda/compass_env/spec-file.template
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ otps=2021.10
 progressbar2
 pyamg >=4.2.2
 pyproj
-pyremap>=1.1.0,<2.0.0
+pyremap>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
 requests
 ruamel.yaml
 # having pip check problems with this version