diff --git a/AttentiveChrome/dataloader.yaml b/AttentiveChrome/dataloader.yaml
index 13cc5f880..4e223857a 100644
--- a/AttentiveChrome/dataloader.yaml
+++ b/AttentiveChrome/dataloader.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ args:
     optional: true
 dependencies:
     conda: # install via conda
-      - python>=3.5
+      - python==3.6.3
       - pytorch::pytorch-cpu
       - numpy     
 info: # General information about the dataloader
diff --git a/AttentiveChrome/model-template.yaml b/AttentiveChrome/model-template.yaml
index 9b9913601..01c2579dd 100755
--- a/AttentiveChrome/model-template.yaml
+++ b/AttentiveChrome/model-template.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ info: # General information about the model
     license: MIT 
 dependencies:
     conda: # install via conda
-      - python>=3.5
+      - python==3.6.3
       - numpy  
       - pytorch::pytorch-cpu 
       - pytorch::torchvision-cpu   
diff --git a/labranchor/dataloader.yaml b/labranchor/dataloader.yaml
index 5af10edb7..f3684f8b3 100644
--- a/labranchor/dataloader.yaml
+++ b/labranchor/dataloader.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ args:
 defined_as: dataloader.py::BranchPointDataset
 dependencies:
   conda:
-  - python>=3.5,<3.7
+  - python==3.6
   pip:
   - pysam
   - numpy
diff --git a/rbp_eclip/dataloader-template.yaml b/rbp_eclip/dataloader-template.yaml
index 05e84d837..adff7617d 100644
--- a/rbp_eclip/dataloader-template.yaml
+++ b/rbp_eclip/dataloader-template.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies:
   - bioconda::genomelake
   - bioconda::pybigwig
   - bioconda::gtfparse>=1.0.7
-  - python>=3.5
+  - python==3.6
   - cython
   - scikit-learn==0.18.1
   - pandas