diff --git a/raiwidgets/requirements-dev.txt b/raiwidgets/requirements-dev.txt
index 1ae9e2e336..0e01548eb4 100644
--- a/raiwidgets/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/raiwidgets/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ml-wrappers>=0.4.0
 
 # Jupyter dependency that fails with python 3.6
 pywinpty==2.0.2; python_version <= '3.6' and sys_platform == 'win32'
+# fix for recent joblib release and windows python 3.7 builds
+joblib<1.3.0; python_version <= '3.7' and sys_platform == 'win32'
 
 # Required for notebook tests
 nbformat
diff --git a/responsibleai/requirements-dev.txt b/responsibleai/requirements-dev.txt
index eb7d657086..eafc53c114 100644
--- a/responsibleai/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/responsibleai/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ pytest-mock==3.6.1
 deptree~=0.0.10
 xgboost<=1.0.0
 rai_test_utils==0.3.0
+# fix for recent joblib release and windows python 3.7 builds
+joblib<1.3.0; python_version <= '3.7' and sys_platform == 'win32'