diff --git a/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml b/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
index 1544cebf6..b7c0b9c90 100644
--- a/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ requirements:
     - quamash
     - pyqtgraph 0.10.0
     - pygit2
-    - aiohttp
+    - aiohttp >=3
     - pythonparser >=1.1
     - levenshtein
 
diff --git a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
index 548b68f49..31cf6bf4a 100644
--- a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ requirements:
     - quamash
     - pyqtgraph 0.10.0
     - pygit2
-    - aiohttp
+    - aiohttp >=3
     - levenshtein
 
 test: