diff --git a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_tutorials.sh b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_tutorials.sh
index 404d4bbf646c..4e40426ed85c 100755
--- a/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_tutorials.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/install/ubuntu_tutorials.sh
@@ -23,5 +23,7 @@
 set -ex
 apt-get update || true
 apt-get install graphviz python-opencv
-pip2 install jupyter matplotlib Pillow opencv-python scikit-learn graphviz tqdm mxboard
-pip3 install jupyter matplotlib Pillow opencv-python scikit-learn graphviz tqdm mxboard
+
+# sckit-learn past version 0.20 does not support python version 2 and 3.4
+pip2 install jupyter matplotlib Pillow opencv-python "scikit-learn<0.21.0" graphviz tqdm mxboard scipy
+pip3 install jupyter matplotlib Pillow opencv-python scikit-learn graphviz tqdm mxboard scipy