diff --git a/environment-dev.yml b/environment-dev.yml
index d43905d4d7..520f129cbd 100644
--- a/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/environment-dev.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pep8-naming
   - pycodestyle
   - pyflakes
-  - black
   - isort
   - types-pkg_resources
   - mypy>=0.790
@@ -47,6 +46,8 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
     # pip for itk as conda-forge version only up to v5.1
     - itk>=5.2
+    # black currently at v19 on conda vs v21 on pip
+    - black
     # OS-specific needs to be done via pip:
     #   https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/8089
     - pytype>=2020.6.1; platform_system != "Windows"