diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5454030..6edd9e3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 numpy>=2.0
 pandas>=2.2
 pyarrow>=16
-histdata>=1.3        # histdata.com downloader (handles the tk token politely)
+histdata>=1.1        # histdata.com downloader (1.1 is newest on PyPI; 1.3 never existed)
 hmmlearn>=0.3        # regime detector (prepare_regime.py, jepa-fx-risk#13)
 scikit-learn>=1.4    # HMM dependency