diff --git a/ci/envs/310-latest.yaml b/ci/envs/310-latest.yaml
index c0d404d6..d641e4a8 100644
--- a/ci/envs/310-latest.yaml
+++ b/ci/envs/310-latest.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.10
   - geopandas
   - inequality
-  - libpysal>=4.6.0
+  - libpysal>=4.8.0
   - mapclassify
   - networkx
   - packaging
diff --git a/ci/envs/310-oldest.yaml b/ci/envs/310-oldest.yaml
index 1ba5278d..bd09f451 100644
--- a/ci/envs/310-oldest.yaml
+++ b/ci/envs/310-oldest.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.10
   - geopandas=0.12
   - inequality
-  - libpysal=4.6.0
+  - libpysal=4.8.0
   - mapclassify
   - networkx=2.7
   - numpy=1.22
diff --git a/ci/envs/311-latest.yaml b/ci/envs/311-latest.yaml
index 1822ee78..6a6633a5 100644
--- a/ci/envs/311-latest.yaml
+++ b/ci/envs/311-latest.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.11
   - geopandas
   - inequality
-  - libpysal>=4.6.0
+  - libpysal>=4.8.0
   - mapclassify
   - networkx
   - packaging
diff --git a/ci/envs/312-dev.yaml b/ci/envs/312-dev.yaml
index 57727246..039ba25f 100644
--- a/ci/envs/312-dev.yaml
+++ b/ci/envs/312-dev.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
   - dask
   - geopandas
   - inequality
-  - libpysal>=4.6.0
+  - libpysal>=4.8.0
   - networkx
   - osmnx
   - packaging
diff --git a/ci/envs/312-latest.yaml b/ci/envs/312-latest.yaml
index 51c29002..fbee7e98 100644
--- a/ci/envs/312-latest.yaml
+++ b/ci/envs/312-latest.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.12
   - geopandas
   - inequality
-  - libpysal>=4.6.0
+  - libpysal>=4.8.0
   - mapclassify
   - networkx
   - osmnx
diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index c6f31f54..699ad90c 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Dependencies
 
 Required dependencies:
 
-- `geopandas`_ (>= 0.8.0)
-- `libpysal`_ (>= 4.6.0)
+- `geopandas`_ (>= 0.12.0)
+- `libpysal`_ (>= 4.8.0)
 - `networkx`_
 - `tqdm`_
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e3793100..903da2fa 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
   - geopandas
   - inequality
   - jupyter
-  - libpysal>=4.6.0
+  - libpysal>=4.8.0
   - mapclassify
   - matplotlib
   - momepy
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78cf7d89..fb8c09c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
     "geopandas>=0.12.0",
-    "libpysal>=4.6.0",
+    "libpysal>=4.8.0",
     "networkx>=2.7",
     "packaging",
     "pandas!=1.5.0",