diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 7527d846..477b2533 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -5232,7 +5232,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: .
   name: array-api-extra
   version: 0.7.2.dev0
-  sha256: c3afa72d55dabb18f42583be70bf352f35d84b471fe8733b98cb7701fb5ee768
+  sha256: bab05d6092e374ace29c91044b6e29949ba239e4d65a835bea6192da6632650c
   requires_dist:
   - array-api-compat>=1.11.2,<2
   requires_python: '>=3.10'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5109ce09..4f7c805c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ numpy = "=1.22.0"
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.dependencies]
 pytorch = "*"
 dask = ">=2025.3.0"
-numba = "*"  # sparse dependency
+numba = ">=0.61.0"  # sparse dependency
 llvmlite = ">=0.44.0"  # sparse dependency
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.pypi-dependencies]