diff --git a/workflow/rules/inference.smk b/workflow/rules/inference.smk
index d2b8ef1e..a915ff00 100644
--- a/workflow/rules/inference.smk
+++ b/workflow/rules/inference.smk
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ rule inference_create_venv:
             source {output.venv}/bin/activate
 
             echo "[$(date)] Installing requirements from {input.requirements}..."
-            uv pip install -r {input.requirements}
+            uv pip install --index-strategy unsafe-best-match -r {input.requirements}
 
             echo "[$(date)] Compiling Python bytecode..."
             python -m compileall -j 8 -o 0 -o 1 -o 2 .venv/lib/python*/site-packages