diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 87384ee738cf3..331d2ad9c7bf3 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ feedparser
 pyyaml
 requests
 pygments
-jupyterlite-core
+jupyterlite-core==0.7.0
 jupyterlite-pyodide-kernel
 tzdata>=2023.3