diff --git a/recipe/patch_yaml/ray-packages.yaml b/recipe/patch_yaml/ray-packages.yaml
index 8202029ee..e13b031f0 100644
--- a/recipe/patch_yaml/ray-packages.yaml
+++ b/recipe/patch_yaml/ray-packages.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,13 @@ then:
   - tighten_depends:
       name: pandas
       upper_bound: 2.2.0
+---
+# https://github.com/conda-forge/ray-packages-feedstock/issues/191
+if:
+  name: ray-default
+  version_ge: 2.10.0
+  version_lt: 2.40.0
+then:
+  - replace_depends:
+      old: virtualenv >=20.0.24,<20.21.1
+      new: virtualenv >=20.0.24,!=20.21.1