diff --git a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
index 15b64965a09c1ba884453e4ed9a25cfdc18f2511..66daddad4642c97d25ec488cdbaff9b728cad224 100644
--- a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
+++ b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ dependencies:
 - git
 - libhwloc=2
 - numpy
-- pocl
+# pocl 3.1 required for full SVM functionality
+- pocl>=3.1
 - mako
 - pyopencl
 - islpy