diff --git a/meta.yaml b/meta.yaml
index 18e03d45..0cf24e88 100644
--- a/meta.yaml
+++ b/meta.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requirements:
     - click
     - pyyaml
     - jsonschema
-    - conda-forge::intake-esm==2023.7.7
+    - conda-forge::intake-esm
     - bcc2761::intakebuilder
 
 test: