diff --git a/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml b/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
index 075a20c87..8dd6d4aae 100644
--- a/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/artiq-dev/meta.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ 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 fda662b68..52f568592 100644
--- a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ requirements:
     - quamash
     - pyqtgraph 0.10.0
     - pygit2
-    - aiohttp
+    - aiohttp >=3
     - levenshtein
 
 test: