diff --git a/.github/unittest/linux_libs/scripts_habitat/environment.yml b/.github/unittest/linux_libs/scripts_habitat/environment.yml
index feab90cd052..256d8edbf64 100644
--- a/.github/unittest/linux_libs/scripts_habitat/environment.yml
+++ b/.github/unittest/linux_libs/scripts_habitat/environment.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ dependencies:
     - scipy==1.9.1
     - hydra-core
     - ninja
+    - numpy<2.0