diff --git a/requirements-py310-linux.txt b/requirements-py310-linux.txt
index 879d23487..a0df90104 100644
--- a/requirements-py310-linux.txt
+++ b/requirements-py310-linux.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 #
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -28,6 +29,5 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
diff --git a/requirements-py311-linux.txt b/requirements-py311-linux.txt
index 92d4848fc..349740165 100644
--- a/requirements-py311-linux.txt
+++ b/requirements-py311-linux.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 #
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -28,6 +29,5 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
diff --git a/requirements_linux.txt b/requirements_linux.txt
index f56c817ad..48f8ba3f1 100644
--- a/requirements_linux.txt
+++ b/requirements_linux.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 #
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
 basemap
diff --git a/requirements_macos_arm64.txt b/requirements_macos_arm64.txt
index 0a25a94a2..f624716f6 100644
--- a/requirements_macos_arm64.txt
+++ b/requirements_macos_arm64.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 #
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
 basemap
diff --git a/requirements_macos_x86_64.txt b/requirements_macos_x86_64.txt
index 00b8dde98..4315480f4 100644
--- a/requirements_macos_x86_64.txt
+++ b/requirements_macos_x86_64.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
 basemap
diff --git a/requirements_win64.txt b/requirements_win64.txt
index 06a6615f7..ce151db80 100644
--- a/requirements_win64.txt
+++ b/requirements_win64.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ nbstripout >= 0.3.0
 notebook >= 5.0.0
 pylint >= 2.1.1
 rtree >= 0.9.4
+netCDF4 < 1.7.0
 #
 # Generic
 nbformat
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ tables
 h3
 pygmt
 reportlab
-netCDF4
 igraph
 pyvista
 basemap
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 861bfd85f..2e461a815 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def get_version():
         'notebook >= 5.0.0',
         'pylint >= 2.1.1',
         'tables >= 3.7.0',
+        'netCDF4 < 1.7.0',
         'nbformat',
         'pyproj',
         'rtree',
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ def get_version():
         'tqdm',
         'h3',
         'reportlab',
-        'netCDF4',
         'igraph',
         # 'GDAL',
     ],