[Python] ImportError: scipy.special._ufuncs_cxx does not export expected C variable...

I'm encountering the following error when running a Python script:

ImportError: scipy.special._ufuncs_cxx does not export expected C variable _export_faddeeva_dawsn


Environment:

• Python version: 3.11
• OS: MacOS
• Virtual environment with .venv and uv

Installed libraries:

appnope==0.1.4
asttokens==3.0.0
click==8.2.1
cloudpickle==3.1.1
comm==0.2.2
contourpy==1.3.2
cycler==0.12.1
dask==2025.7.0
debugpy==1.8.15
decorator==5.2.1
executing==2.2.0
fonttools==4.59.0
fsspec==2025.7.0
importlib-metadata==8.7.0
ipykernel==6.30.0
ipython==9.4.0
ipython-pygments-lexers==1.1.1
jedi==0.19.2
joblib==1.5.1
jupyter-client==8.6.3
jupyter-core==5.8.1
kiwisolver==1.4.8
lightgbm==4.6.0
locket==1.0.0
matplotlib==3.10.3
matplotlib-inline==0.1.7
nest-asyncio==1.6.0
numpy==1.23.5
packaging==25.0
pandas==2.3.1
parso==0.8.4
partd==1.4.2
pexpect==4.9.0
pillow==11.3.0
platformdirs==4.3.8
prompt-toolkit==3.0.51
psutil==7.0.0
ptyprocess==0.7.0
pure-eval==0.2.3
pygments==2.19.2
pyparsing==3.2.3
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
pytz==2025.2
pyyaml==6.0.2
pyzmq==27.0.0
ruff==0.12.4
scikit-learn==1.7.1
scipy==1.10.0
six==1.17.0
stack-data==0.6.3
threadpoolctl==3.6.0
toolz==1.0.0
tornado==6.5.1
traitlets==5.14.3
typing-extensions==4.14.1
tzdata==2025.2
wcwidth==0.2.13
zipp==3.23.0


Steps taken:

• I tried uninstalled and reinstalling numpy, scikit-learn and scipy
• I tried upgrading them to their latest releases
• I cleared the uv cache and reinstalled the librareis

How can I resolve this error? Is there a specific version of scipy, scikit-learn, numpy or pandas that I should get to avoid this issue? Thanks!

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