diff --git a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
index 7db5e1594..7ca1e863f 100755
--- a/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
+++ b/kedro-datasets/RELEASE.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 * Added `MatlabDataset` which uses `scipy` to save and load `.mat` files.
 * Added `NetCDFDataset` for loading and saving `*.nc` files.
 
-
 ## Bug fixes and other changes
 * Removed Windows specific conditions in `pandas.HDFDataset` extra dependencies
 ## Community contributions
diff --git a/kedro-datasets/setup.py b/kedro-datasets/setup.py
index 0e9892468..ea90c5279 100644
--- a/kedro-datasets/setup.py
+++ b/kedro-datasets/setup.py
@@ -248,8 +248,7 @@ def _collect_requirements(requires):
     "tensorflow~=2.0; platform_system != 'Darwin' or platform_machine != 'arm64'",
     "triad>=0.6.7, <1.0",
     "trufflehog~=2.1",
-    "xarray<=0.20.2; python_version == '3.7'",
-    "xarray>=2023.1.0; python_version >= '3.8'",
+    "xarray>=2023.1.0",
     "xlsxwriter~=1.0",
     # huggingface
     "datasets",