diff --git a/recipes/cvat-sdk/meta.yaml b/recipes/cvat-sdk/meta.yaml
index 1d72d61f0c53f..57494f467cd34 100644
--- a/recipes/cvat-sdk/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/cvat-sdk/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "cvat-sdk" %}
 {% set version = "2.24.0" %}
+{% set python_min = "3.9" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -16,12 +17,12 @@ build:
 
 requirements:
   host:
-    - python >=3.9
+    - ython {{ python_min }}
     - setuptools
     - wheel
     - pip
   run:
-    - python >=3.9
+    - python >={{ python_min }}
     - attrs >=21.4.0
     - packaging >=21.3
     - pillow >=10.3.0
@@ -40,18 +41,19 @@ test:
     - pip check
   requires:
     - pip
+    - python {{ python_min }}
 
 outputs:
   - name: cvat-sdk
   - name: cvat-sdk-masks
     requirements:
       host: &id001
-        - python >=3.9
+        - python {{ python_min }}
         - setuptools
         - wheel
         - pip
       run:
-        - python >=3.9
+        - python >={{ python_min }}
         - python-dateutil >=2.5.3
         - "{{ pin_subpackage('cvat-sdk', exact=True) }}"
         - numpy >=2
@@ -62,13 +64,14 @@ outputs:
         - pip check
       requires:
         - pip
+        - python {{ python_min }}
     build:
       noarch: python
   - name: cvat-sdk-pytorch
     requirements:
       host: *id001
       run:
-        - python >=3.9
+        - python >={{ python_min }}
         - python-dateutil >=2.5.3
         - "{{ pin_subpackage('cvat-sdk', exact=True) }}"
         - pytorch