diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 6069369f54e..d70e6864a1d 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ stages:
           - bash: |
               set -e
               python -m pip install --progress-bar off --upgrade pip
-              python -m pip install --progress-bar off "mne-qt-browser[opengl] @ git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-qt-browser.git" pyvista scikit-learn python-picard qtpy nibabel sphinx-gallery "PySide6!=6.8.0,!=6.8.0.1,!=6.8.1.1,!=6.9.1,!=6.10.0" pandas neo pymatreader antio defusedxml
+              python -m pip install --progress-bar off "mne-qt-browser[opengl] @ git+https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-qt-browser.git" pyvista scikit-learn python-picard qtpy nibabel sphinx-gallery "PySide6!=6.8.0,!=6.8.0.1,!=6.8.1.1,!=6.9.1" pandas neo pymatreader antio defusedxml
               python -m pip uninstall -yq mne
               python -m pip install --progress-bar off --upgrade -e .[test]
             displayName: 'Install dependencies with pip'
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ stages:
             displayName: 'PyQt6'
           - bash: |
               set -eo pipefail
-              python -m pip install "PySide6!=6.8.0,!=6.8.0.1,!=6.9.1,!=6.10.0"
+              python -m pip install "PySide6!=6.8.0,!=6.8.0.1,!=6.9.1"
               mne sys_info -pd
               mne sys_info -pd | grep "qtpy .* (PySide6=.*)$"
               PYTEST_QT_API=PySide6 pytest -m "not ultraslowtest" ${TEST_OPTIONS}
diff --git a/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh b/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
index dbf554c9cb0..4e7300cd40b 100755
--- a/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$CONDA_ENV" ]; then
 	fi
 elif [[ "${MNE_CI_KIND}" == "pip" ]]; then
 	INSTALL_KIND="full-pyside6,$INSTALL_KIND"
-	STD_ARGS="$STD_ARGS --pre PySide6!=6.10.0"
 else
 	test "${MNE_CI_KIND}" == "pip-pre"
 	STD_ARGS="$STD_ARGS --pre"