diff --git a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_non_HPC.txt b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_non_HPC.txt
index de100f9268b6112007f6b9a5df0549fe94718cfa..6b33394be9c457840a2d78ef746d01253b5bc363 100755
--- a/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_non_HPC.txt
+++ b/video_prediction_tools/env_setup/requirements_non_HPC.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ pandas==0.25.3
 xarray==0.16.0
 basemap==1.3.0
 imageio==2.15.0     # although this numpy-version is in the container, we set it here to avoid any further installation
-scikit-image==0.17.2
+numpy==1.17.3
+#scikit-image==0.17.2
+scikit-image==0.18.1
 opencv-python-headless==4.2.0.34
 netcdf4==1.5.8
 #metadata==0.2