diff --git a/conda_environment.yaml b/conda_environment.yaml
index 97cbe9e2..c540b5bd 100644
--- a/conda_environment.yaml
+++ b/conda_environment.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ dependencies:
   - diffusers=0.11.1
   - av=10.0.0
   - cmake=3.24.3
+  # trick to avoid cpu affinity issue described in https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/99625
+  - llvm-openmp=14
   # trick to force reinstall imagecodecs via pip
   - imagecodecs==2022.8.8
   - pip:
diff --git a/conda_environment_real.yaml b/conda_environment_real.yaml
index 1f845990..76363607 100644
--- a/conda_environment_real.yaml
+++ b/conda_environment_real.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ dependencies:
   - diffusers=0.11.1
   - av=10.0.0
   - cmake=3.24.3
+  # trick to avoid cpu affinity issue described in https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/99625
+  - llvm-openmp=14
   # trick to force reinstall imagecodecs via pip
   - imagecodecs==2022.8.8
   - pip: