diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 29779fa7a92..04d0cdd11d4 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ requirements:
     - python-louvain >=0.13
     - pyyaml
     - requests
-    - scikit-learn >=1.1.0,<1.2.0
+    - scikit-learn >=1.1.0,!=1.2.*   # ignoring 1.2.*: scikit-learn/issues/26241  
     - scipy >=1.9
     - serverfiles
     - setuptools >=51.0.0
diff --git a/requirements-core.txt b/requirements-core.txt
index 02c2f3ffbe7..e25655578aa 100644
--- a/requirements-core.txt
+++ b/requirements-core.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pip>=18.0
 python-louvain>=0.13
 pyyaml
 requests
-scikit-learn>=1.1.0,<1.2.0
+scikit-learn>=1.1.0,!=1.2.*  # ignoring 1.2.*: scikit-learn/issues/26241
 scipy>=1.9
 serverfiles		# for Data Sets synchronization
 setuptools>=51.0.0