diff --git a/cirq-core/requirements.txt b/cirq-core/requirements.txt
index 693f37eb933..abde404991c 100644
--- a/cirq-core/requirements.txt
+++ b/cirq-core/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ networkx>=2.4
 numpy~=1.16
 pandas
 sortedcontainers~=2.0
-scipy~=1.12.0
+scipy<1.13.0
 sympy
 typing_extensions>=4.2
 tqdm