diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f31cb345..7fd43ff1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pytest-cov = ">=7.0.0"
 hypothesis = ">=6.151.2"
 array-api-strict = ">=2.4.1,<2.5"
 numpy = ">=1.22.0"
-scipy = ">=1.17.0,<2"
+scipy = ">=1.15.2,<2"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.tests.tasks]
 tests = { cmd = "pytest -v", description = "Run tests" }
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 67a22ccb..60c59541 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
     "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
     "matchPackageNames": ["numpy", "sphinx", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints"],
     "enabled": false
+  }, {
+    "description": "Block updating SciPy (bump manually alongside sklearn)",
+    "matchManagers": ["pixi"],
+    "matchUpdateTypes": ["major", "minor"],
+    "matchPackageNames": ["scipy"],
+    "enabled": false
   }, {
     "description": "Group Dask packages.",
     "matchPackageNames": ["dask", "dask-core"],