diff --git a/envs/environment.yaml b/envs/environment.yaml
index 66245aa4a..1d9592c64 100644
--- a/envs/environment.yaml
+++ b/envs/environment.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 - openpyxl!=3.1.1
 - pycountry
 - seaborn
+  # snakemake 8 introduced a number of breaking changes which the workflow has yet to be made compatible with
 - snakemake-minimal>=7.7.0,<8.0.0
 - memory_profiler
 - yaml