diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index d4c03831d83bc736a4f4ee39a5abb67ca4646f70..366598c9b9901e32c38c753fb112a8a67cc38a0f 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ source:
 
 requirements:
   run:
-    - python ==3.10
+    # specify without sub version and without == to get the latest sub version
+    - python 3.10
     - numpy
     # TODO remove? not used ?!
     #- python-dateutil