diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.build b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.build
index de36b1afb9fa4..c05a68a14b402 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.build
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 python-dateutil
 pytz
-numpy=1.9.3
+numpy=1.10*
 cython
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.run b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.run
index f9f226e3f1465..215f840381ada 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.run
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.run
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 python-dateutil
 pytz
-numpy=1.9.3
+numpy=1.10*
 openpyxl
 xlsxwriter
 xlrd
diff --git a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.sh b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.sh
index bc8fb79147d2c..24f1e042ed69e 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.sh
+++ b/ci/requirements-3.4_SLOW.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ source activate pandas
 
 echo "install 34_slow"
 
-conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge/label/rc -c conda-forge matplotlib
+conda install -n pandas -c conda-forge matplotlib