diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index dacf9a2..6fdc70f 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -258,9 +258,7 @@ outputs:
         - pandas
         - s3fs >=2023
         - scipy
-        # disabled completely to unblock migration, see
-        # https://github.com/regro/cf-scripts/issues/3198
-        # - sparse
+        - sparse        # [py<313]
         # these are generally (far) behind on migrating abseil/grpc/protobuf,
         # and using them as test dependencies blocks the migrator unnecessarily
         # - pytorch