diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
index d2524a6..7987be9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI_build.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Python info
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 276c26b..4f67d1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.1] - 2024-08-06
+### Changed
+- Set max matchms to 0.26.4
+- Set max scipy to 1.10.1
+
 ## [0.8.0] - 2022-01-06
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index f188996..000c35a 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "spec2vec" %}
-{% set version = "0.8.0" %}
+{% set version = "0.8.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
   run:
     - gensim >=4.2.0
-    - matchms >=0.14.0
+    - matchms >=0.14.0, <=0.26.4
     - numba >=0.51
     - numpy
     - pip
     - python >=3.7
-    - scipy
+    - scipy <=1.10.1
     - tqdm
 
 test:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8a42771..97e809f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
     python_requires='>=3.7',
     install_requires=[
         "gensim >=4.2.0",
-        "matchms >=0.14.0",
+        "matchms >=0.14.0,<=0.26.4",
         "numba >=0.51",
         "numpy",
-        "scipy",
+        "scipy <=1.10.1",
         "tqdm",
     ],
     extras_require={"dev": ["bump2version",
diff --git a/spec2vec/__version__.py b/spec2vec/__version__.py
index 32a90a3..ef72cc0 100644
--- a/spec2vec/__version__.py
+++ b/spec2vec/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.8.0'
+__version__ = '0.8.1'