diff --git a/recipes/curated-transformers/meta.yaml b/recipes/curated-transformers/meta.yaml
index ee08d41abad2f..cdc8c39ba4545 100644
--- a/recipes/curated-transformers/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/curated-transformers/meta.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
-    - python ={{ python_min }}
+    - python {{ python_min }}
     - pip
   imports:
     - curated_transformers
diff --git a/recipes/spacy-curated-transformers/meta.yaml b/recipes/spacy-curated-transformers/meta.yaml
index 634e5897aec69..35c80757c287b 100644
--- a/recipes/spacy-curated-transformers/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/spacy-curated-transformers/meta.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
-    - python ={{ python_min }}
+    - python {{ python_min }}
     - pip
   imports:
     - spacy_curated_transformers