diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9af056395..4b8b784ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jinja2==3.1.4
 tables==3.10.1
 # Pin blosc2 to < 3.0 until piwheel has wheels for 3.x
 blosc2==2.7.1; platform_machine == 'armv7l' or python_version < '3.11'
-blosc2==3.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'
+blosc2==3.0.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l' and python_version >= '3.11'
 joblib==1.4.2
 rich==13.9.4
 pyarrow==18.1.0; platform_machine != 'armv7l'