diff --git a/requirements-core.txt b/requirements-core.txt
index 213867dc4d..8fa8c7619b 100644
--- a/requirements-core.txt
+++ b/requirements-core.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ pycocotools>=2.0.0,!=2.0.2; platform_system != "Windows"
 pycocotools-windows; platform_system == "Windows"
 PyYAML>=5.3.1
 scikit-image>=0.15.0
-tensorboardX>=1.8
+
+# 2.3 has an unlisted dependency on PyTorch, which we don't need
+tensorboardX>=1.8,!=2.3