diff --git a/packages/desktop/bin/dump_artifacts.ts b/packages/desktop/bin/dump_artifacts.ts
index 69d9585b9..68ee3625e 100755
--- a/packages/desktop/bin/dump_artifacts.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/bin/dump_artifacts.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ async function installStreamlitWheels(
   pyodide: PyodideInterface,
   options: InstallStreamlitWheelsOptions
 ) {
+  const micropip = pyodide.pyimport("micropip");
+
+  await micropip.install(["altair<5.2.0"]); // Altair>=5.2.0 checks PyArrow version and emits an error (https://github.com/altair-viz/altair/pull/3160)
+
   if (options.useLocalKernelWheels) {
     const stliteKernelDir = path.dirname(require.resolve("@stlite/kernel")); // -> /path/to/kernel/dist
     const stliteKernelPyDir = path.resolve(stliteKernelDir, "../py"); // -> /path/to/kernel/py
@@ -162,7 +166,6 @@ async function installStreamlitWheels(
         `https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@stlite/kernel@${version}${wheelFile.name}`
     );
 
-    const micropip = pyodide.pyimport("micropip");
     console.log("Install", wheelUrls);
     await micropip.install.callKwargs(wheelUrls, { keep_going: true });
   }
diff --git a/packages/kernel/src/worker.ts b/packages/kernel/src/worker.ts
index d1b725ba3..fbf39ff05 100644
--- a/packages/kernel/src/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/kernel/src/worker.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ async function loadPyodideAndPackages() {
     console.debug("Loading stlite-server, and streamlit");
     await pyodide.loadPackage("micropip");
     const micropip = pyodide.pyimport("micropip");
-    await micropip.install(["altair==5.1.2"]); // Altair>=5.2.0 checks PyArrow version and emits an error (https://github.com/altair-viz/altair/pull/3160)
+    await micropip.install(["altair<5.2.0"]); // Altair>=5.2.0 checks PyArrow version and emits an error (https://github.com/altair-viz/altair/pull/3160)
     await micropip.install.callKwargs([wheels.stliteServer], {
       keep_going: true,
     });