diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index cfcb14d2cf7a9..32b724900510f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fsspec>=0.7.4, <2021.6.0  # for generic remote file operations
   - gcsfs>=0.6.0  # file IO when using 'gcs://...' path
   - sqlalchemy  # pandas.read_sql, DataFrame.to_sql
-  - xarray  # DataFrame.to_xarray
+  - xarray<0.19  # DataFrame.to_xarray
   - cftime  # Needed for downstream xarray.CFTimeIndex test
   - pyreadstat  # pandas.read_spss
   - tabulate>=0.8.3  # DataFrame.to_markdown
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index dc6fc837c0688..efab43279aba6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ s3fs>=0.4.0
 fsspec>=0.7.4, <2021.6.0
 gcsfs>=0.6.0
 sqlalchemy
-xarray
+xarray<0.19
 cftime
 pyreadstat
 tabulate>=0.8.3