diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index dc4cc3c4..7527d846 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -5232,7 +5232,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: .
   name: array-api-extra
   version: 0.7.2.dev0
-  sha256: a4d40ff8215cfef283dcc9bbf73d23703b0cb47c3916f6d60eabef225b0d6add
+  sha256: c3afa72d55dabb18f42583be70bf352f35d84b471fe8733b98cb7701fb5ee768
   requires_dist:
   - array-api-compat>=1.11.2,<2
   requires_python: '>=3.10'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c49db8fc..5109ce09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ numpy = "=1.22.0"
 pytorch = "*"
 dask = ">=2025.3.0"
 numba = "*"  # sparse dependency
-llvmlite = "*"  # sparse dependency
+llvmlite = ">=0.44.0"  # sparse dependency
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.pypi-dependencies]
 sparse = { version = ">=0.16.0" }