diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index aeb86565..58f0ca0f 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -5256,7 +5256,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: .
   name: array-api-extra
   version: 0.7.2.dev0
-  sha256: e0b7b737906dee4bde7c104b7c777f78a22a1b296f32ba74da5b72cce828eb63
+  sha256: 620e3454c349ccc780eefd0a1aa3ab21e1e574465484b43c089402f12f71e3e6
   requires_dist:
   - array-api-compat>=1.11.2,<2
   requires_python: '>=3.10'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82290941..df9b6b0e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ numpy = "=1.22.0"
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.dependencies]
 pytorch = ">=2.6.0"
 dask = ">=2025.3.0"
-numba = ">=0.61.0"    # sparse dependency
+numba = ">=0.61.2"    # sparse dependency
 llvmlite = ">=0.44.0" # sparse dependency
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.backends.pypi-dependencies]