diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-conda/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-conda/action.yml
index 4fe901998cbcc..3eb68bdd2a15c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-conda/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-conda/action.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Install ${{ inputs.environment-file }}
       uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
       with:
-        # Pinning to avoid 2.0 failures
-        micromamba-version: '1.5.10-0'
         environment-file: ${{ inputs.environment-file }}
         environment-name: test
         condarc-file: ci/.condarc
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index 7cb2d8171c0cb..0572091d88cd9 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.10
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
index d8c3e6e220630..f7e9ad045ed04 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.11
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
index 21791e3a9c2eb..d714e99c765e7 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-numpydev.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.11
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - versioneer
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
   - cython>=0.29.33
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
index 978611b3fa96f..ba655f9690af6 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311-pyarrownightly.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.11
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - versioneer
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - cython>=0.29.33
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
index 9a0cb5ab81d23..db89be7780bf0 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-311.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.11
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
index bf79d14cd1b78..4d690501571a7 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-312.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.12
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
index 7067048c4434d..6e38a7c5f0774 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.9
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
index bdc07931988d1..ba518312df24c 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-pypy-39.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.9[build=*_pypy]
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
index 5433d00bb94b5..eeb1cb48b1018 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-310-arm64.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.10
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython>=0.29.33
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 8987623bd865e..d5d6c329dae8a 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
 
   # build dependencies
-  - versioneer[toml]
+  - versioneer
   - cython=3.0.5
-  - meson[ninja]=1.2.1
+  - meson=1.2.1
   - meson-python=0.13.1
 
   # test dependencies
diff --git a/scripts/generate_pip_deps_from_conda.py b/scripts/generate_pip_deps_from_conda.py
index 5fcf09cd073fe..1e6e8585f0b90 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_pip_deps_from_conda.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pip_deps_from_conda.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 EXCLUDE = {"python", "c-compiler", "cxx-compiler"}
 REMAP_VERSION = {"tzdata": "2022.7"}
 CONDA_TO_PIP = {
+    "versioneer": "versioneer[toml]",
+    "meson": "meson[ninja]",
     "pytables": "tables",
     "psycopg2": "psycopg2-binary",
     "dask-core": "dask",