diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 15dd329f80deb..86a3df9e90375 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ dependencies:
   - tabulate>=0.8.3  # DataFrame.to_markdown
   - natsort  # DataFrame.sort_values
   - pip:
-    - git+https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme.git@master
+      #issue with building environment in conda on windows. Issue: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/45123
+      #issue with pydata-sphix-theme on windows. Issue: https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme/issues/523
+      #using previous stable version as workaround
+    - git+https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme.git@41764f5
     - pandas-dev-flaker==0.2.0
     - pytest-cython
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f199d084371d9..13e12f5500be5 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ cftime
 pyreadstat
 tabulate>=0.8.3
 natsort
-git+https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme.git@master
+git+https://github.com/pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme.git@41764f5
 pandas-dev-flaker==0.2.0
 pytest-cython
 setuptools>=51.0.0