From 2b77d8596b66d91d3564c6335c5471f636b38ee8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mariam Zakaria <123750992+mariam851@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:30:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix #982: update CI and environment dependencies with
 proper formatting

---
 .github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml | 3 ++-
 .github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml   | 2 ++
 environment.yml                            | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
index 14c138bff..3b70d30df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install test dependencies (conda)
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda install -y pytest coverage
+          # Pinning numpy and scikit-learn to prevent the issues reported in #982
+          conda install -y pytest coverage "numpy>=1.22,<2.4" "scikit-learn>=1.0" "numba>=0.59.0"
 
       - name: Install package and run tests
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
index 4790b1ecd..f17b4d814 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies (pip)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          # Fixing #982 by pinning numpy to a version compatible with numba
+          pip install "numpy>=1.22,<2.4" 
           pip install pytest coverage
           pip install -e .
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index b1c12c982..96f2cbebc 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - flake8>=4.0.1
-  - numpy>=2.3.5
+  - numpy>=1.21.0,<2.4.0
   - pandas>=2.3.3
   - scipy>=1.16.3
   - scikit-learn>=1.8.0
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.2.5
   - setuptools>=59.4.0
   - pip:
-      - markdown>=3.3.6
\ No newline at end of file
+      - markdown>=3.3.6

From 8516bc60b223b4d50444e7e773ef94d20ea45229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Raschka <mail@sebastianraschka.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:07:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update .github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml

---
 .github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
index 3b70d30df..9401458b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           # Pinning numpy and scikit-learn to prevent the issues reported in #982
-          conda install -y pytest coverage "numpy>=1.22,<2.4" "scikit-learn>=1.0" "numba>=0.59.0"
+          conda install -y pytest coverage "numpy>=1.22,<2.4" "scikit-learn>=1.0"
 
       - name: Install package and run tests
         shell: bash -l {0}

From c09b9f47c7df54fa508284719b56dd9e34c454e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Raschka <mail@sebastianraschka.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:07:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update .github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml

---
 .github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
index f17b4d814..ee5825e7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-pip.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies (pip)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          # Fixing #982 by pinning numpy to a version compatible with numba
+          # Fixing #982 by pinning numpy
           pip install "numpy>=1.22,<2.4" 
           pip install pytest coverage
           pip install -e .