diff --git a/envs/environment.yaml b/envs/environment.yaml
index 535acbdb..b9f9ac99 100644
--- a/envs/environment.yaml
+++ b/envs/environment.yaml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ dependencies:
 - openpyxl!=3.1.1
 - pycountry
 - seaborn
-  # snakemake 8 introduced a number of breaking changes which the workflow has yet to be made compatible with
-- snakemake-minimal>=7.7.0,<8.0.0
+- snakemake-minimal>=7.7.0
 - memory_profiler
 - yaml
 - pytables