diff --git a/launch_env.sh b/launch_env.sh
index cb0a0572d06089..95e0f0c8ac0ee5 100755
--- a/launch_env.sh
+++ b/launch_env.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=1
 export VECLIB_MAXIMUM_THREADS=1
 
 if [ -z "$REQUIRED_NEOS_VERSION" ]; then
-  export REQUIRED_NEOS_VERSION="18"
+  export REQUIRED_NEOS_VERSION="19.1"
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$AGNOS_VERSION" ]; then