diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 5967889a31..842f6c8d56 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ nuclio-sdk~=0.3.0
 isort~=5.7
 avro~=1.11
 # needed for mlutils tests
-scikit-learn~=1.0, <1.2
+scikit-learn~=1.0
 # needed for frameworks tests
 lightgbm~=3.0
 xgboost~=1.1
diff --git a/dockerfiles/jupyter/requirements.txt b/dockerfiles/jupyter/requirements.txt
index 54a0f84f66..38ed073209 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/jupyter/requirements.txt
+++ b/dockerfiles/jupyter/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 matplotlib~=3.5
 scipy~=1.0
-scikit-learn~=1.0, <1.2
+scikit-learn~=1.0
 seaborn~=0.11.0
 scikit-plot~=0.3.7
 xgboost~=1.1
diff --git a/dockerfiles/mlrun/requirements.txt b/dockerfiles/mlrun/requirements.txt
index 59498cdb78..59ed4c9299 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/mlrun/requirements.txt
+++ b/dockerfiles/mlrun/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 matplotlib~=3.5
 scipy~=1.0
-scikit-learn~=1.0, <1.2
+scikit-learn~=1.0
 seaborn~=0.11.0
 scikit-plot~=0.3.7
diff --git a/dockerfiles/test-system/requirements.txt b/dockerfiles/test-system/requirements.txt
index 16a3ca78a1..0aa8676185 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/test-system/requirements.txt
+++ b/dockerfiles/test-system/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pytest~=5.4
 matplotlib~=3.5
 graphviz~=0.20.0
-scikit-learn~=1.0, <1.2
+scikit-learn~=1.0
diff --git a/mlrun/frameworks/sklearn/mlrun_interface.py b/mlrun/frameworks/sklearn/mlrun_interface.py
index e227921e55..8d04568aa8 100644
--- a/mlrun/frameworks/sklearn/mlrun_interface.py
+++ b/mlrun/frameworks/sklearn/mlrun_interface.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class SKLearnMLRunInterface(MLRunInterface, ABC):
         # A producer instance for logging this model's training / evaluation artifacts:
         "_producer": None,  # type: MLProducer
         # An estimator instance for logging this model's training / evaluation metrics results:
-        "_estimator": None,  # type: Estimator
+        "_mlrun_estimator": None,  # type: Estimator
         # The test set (For validation post training or evaluation post prediction):
         "_x_test": None,  # type: SKLearnTypes.DatasetType
         "_y_test": None,  # type: SKLearnTypes.DatasetType
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def add_interface(
         # Setup a default producer and estimator:
         if obj._producer is None:
             obj._producer = MLProducer()
-            obj._estimator = Estimator()
+            obj._mlrun_estimator = Estimator()
 
     @classmethod
     def mlrun_fit(cls):
@@ -186,17 +186,17 @@ def configure_logging(
                 else model_handler.context
             )
         self._producer.set_context(context=context)
-        self._estimator.set_context(context=context)
+        self._mlrun_estimator.set_context(context=context)
         self._model_handler.set_context(context=context)
 
         # Set the logging attributes:
         self._producer.set_plans(plans=plans)
-        self._estimator.set_metrics(metrics=metrics)
+        self._mlrun_estimator.set_metrics(metrics=metrics)
 
         # Validate that if the prediction probabilities are required, this model has the 'predict_proba' method:
         if (
             self._producer.is_probabilities_required()
-            or self._estimator.is_probabilities_required()
+            or self._mlrun_estimator.is_probabilities_required()
         ) and not hasattr(self, "predict_proba"):
             raise mlrun.errors.MLRunInvalidArgumentError(
                 f"Some of the metrics and or artifacts required to be calculated and produced require prediction "
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def _post_fit(
                 self._model_handler.set_sample_set(sample_set=sample_set)
             # Log the model:
             self._model_handler.log(
-                metrics=self._estimator.results,
+                metrics=self._mlrun_estimator.results,
                 artifacts=self._producer.artifacts,
             )
             self._model_handler.context.commit(completed=False)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def _pre_predict(self, x: SKLearnTypes.DatasetType, y: SKLearnTypes.DatasetType)
         """
         # This function is only called for evaluation, then set the mode to the producer and estimator:
         self._producer.set_mode(mode=LoggingMode.EVALUATION)
-        self._estimator.set_mode(mode=LoggingMode.EVALUATION)
+        self._mlrun_estimator.set_mode(mode=LoggingMode.EVALUATION)
 
         # Produce and log all the artifacts pre prediction:
         self._producer.produce_stage(
@@ -304,14 +304,14 @@ def _post_predict(
         )
 
         # Calculate and log the metrics results:
-        self._estimator.estimate(
+        self._mlrun_estimator.estimate(
             y_true=y, y_pred=y_pred, is_probabilities=is_predict_proba
         )
 
         # If some metrics and / or plans require probabilities, run 'predict_proba':
         if not is_predict_proba and (
             self._producer.is_probabilities_required()
-            or self._estimator.is_probabilities_required()
+            or self._mlrun_estimator.is_probabilities_required()
         ):
             y_pred_proba = self.predict_proba(x)
             self._producer.produce_stage(
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def _post_predict(
                 y=y,
                 y_pred=y_pred_proba,
             )
-            self._estimator.estimate(
+            self._mlrun_estimator.estimate(
                 y_true=y, y_pred=y_pred_proba, is_probabilities=True
             )
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ def _post_predict(
         # Update the model with the testing artifacts and results:
         if self._model_handler is not None:
             self._model_handler.update(
-                metrics=self._estimator.results,
+                metrics=self._mlrun_estimator.results,
                 artifacts=self._producer.artifacts,
             )
             self._model_handler.context.commit(completed=False)
diff --git a/tests/test_requirements.py b/tests/test_requirements.py
index 4fdcf94539..d401b26394 100644
--- a/tests/test_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/test_requirements.py
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ def test_requirement_specifiers_convention():
         "protobuf": {">=3.20.2, <4"},
         "pandas": {"~=1.2, <1.5.0"},
         "importlib_metadata": {">=3.6"},
-        "scikit-learn": {"~=1.0, <1.2"},
     }
 
     for (