diff --git a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/Stack_align.py b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/Stack_align.py
index 2c4c0ac5..eabc3022 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/Stack_align.py
+++ b/pygmtsar/pygmtsar/Stack_align.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def _offset2shift(self, xyz, rmax, amax, method='linear'):
         azis = np.arange(4/2, amax+4/2, 4)
         grid_r, grid_a = np.meshgrid(rngs, azis)
 
+        # crashes in Docker containers on Türkiye Earthquakes for scipy=1.12.0
         grid = griddata((xyz[:,0], xyz[:,1]), xyz[:,2], (grid_r, grid_a), method=method)
         da = xr.DataArray(np.flipud(grid), coords={'y': azis, 'x': rngs}, name='z')
         return da
diff --git a/pygmtsar/setup.py b/pygmtsar/setup.py
index 80b48e19..06c2c9d5 100644
--- a/pygmtsar/setup.py
+++ b/pygmtsar/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def get_version():
                       'dask_image',
                       'joblib',
                       'tqdm',
-                      'scipy>=1.12.0',
+                      'scipy==1.11.4',
                       'shapely>=2.0.2',
                       'scikit-learn',
                       'xmltodict',