diff --git a/base-requirements-dev.txt b/base-requirements-dev.txt
index 3665fc66e3..16a42ff79f 100644
--- a/base-requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/base-requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # VCS
--e git+https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py.git@main#egg=gt4py
+-e git+https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py.git@icon4py_20241113#egg=gt4py  # use tagged release until #596 & gt4py#1738 is merged
 git+https://github.com/GridTools/serialbox#egg=serialbox&subdirectory=src/serialbox-python
 
 # PyPI
diff --git a/base-requirements.txt b/base-requirements.txt
index 94b26e57ef..0f64865e49 100644
--- a/base-requirements.txt
+++ b/base-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # VCS
-gt4py @ git+https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py.git@main
+gt4py @ git+https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py.git@icon4py_20241113  # use tagged release until #596 & gt4py#1738 is merged