diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements.txt b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements.txt
index c7eec5e09ab4d9837403c4a37df47b7935573a75..9c188138ea805d0f05203938a910e6247d4dd8ac 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements.txt
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pandas==0.25.3
 xarray==0.16.0
 basemap==1.3.0
 numpy==1.17.3     # although this numpy-version is in the container, we set it here to avoid any further installation
-scikit-image==0.18.1
+scikit-image==0.17.2
 opencv-python-headless==4.2.0.34
 netcdf4==1.5.8
 #metadata==0.2
diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_nocontainer.txt b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_nocontainer.txt
index 0bd16aae761e120c9b6b0e5267e304cba6aca97a..dc8475e048298372f4ddcfe137a39a1fb16766b9 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_nocontainer.txt
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_nocontainer.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ xarray==0.16.0
 basemap==1.3.0
 imageio==2.15.0
 numpy==1.17.3
-scikit-image==0.18.1
+scikit-image==0.17.2
 opencv-python-headless==4.2.0.34
 netcdf4==1.5.8
 #metadata==0.2