diff --git a/ci/recipe/recipe.yaml b/ci/recipe/recipe.yaml
index 18d566dbd..1f4122885 100644
--- a/ci/recipe/recipe.yaml
+++ b/ci/recipe/recipe.yaml
@@ -44,14 +44,13 @@ requirements:
     - netcdf4
     - numpy >=2.0,<3.0
     - pandas
-    - pillow >=10.0.0,<11.0.0
+    - pillow >=10.0.0,<13.0.0
     - progressbar2
     - pyproj
     - pyremap >=2.0.0,<3.0.0
     - python-dateutil
     - requests
     - scipy >=1.7.0
-    - setuptools
     - shapely >=2.0,<3.0
     - tranche >=0.2.3
     - xarray >=0.14.1