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+# yaml-language-server: $schema=../patch_yaml_model.json
+# from this bit of code
+
+# zarr 2.18.x dropped support for Python 3.10 in a patch release with
+# https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/2344 following
+# https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/
+
+# PRs https://github.com/conda-forge/ome-zarr-feedstock/pull/22
+# and https://github.com/conda-forge/ome-zarr-feedstock/pull/23
+# dealt with the immediate build issues.
+if:
+  name: ome-zarr
+  version_lt: "0.10.3"
+  timestamp_lt: 1736594995
+  # Saturday, January 11, 2025 12:29:55 PM GMT+01:00
+then:
+  - tighten_depends:
+      name: zarr
+      upper_bound: 3.0.0