diff --git a/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml b/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
index 2c9bf8f6c17..3b3232d457a 100644
--- a/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
+++ b/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - importlib_metadata       # [py<39]
     # On channel https://anaconda.org/numba/
-    - llvmlite >=0.40,<0.40
+    - llvmlite >=0.40.0dev0,<0.40
     # TBB devel version is to match TBB libs.
     # 2020.3 is the last version with the "old" ABI
     # NOTE: 2021.1..2021.5 are API compatible for Numba's purposes.