diff --git a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
index 878bf2ae1c9b668a07cfab6628f58f6ad62a4ded..f06be3c1f5fcf95847017e76143681351f8026ec 100644
--- a/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
+++ b/.test-conda-env-py3.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ dependencies:
 - git
 - libhwloc=2
 - numpy
-- pocl
+# 3.1 needed for SVM functionality
+- pocl>=3.1
 - mako
 - pyopencl
 - islpy