diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d2d4cbde95c..9f7fec1ebb9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -400,6 +400,8 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Create conda environment
           command: |
+            conda config --remove channels defaults
+            conda config --add channels conda-forge
             conda create -n env --yes python=3.9 conda-build=3.28.4 conda-verify
             conda install -n env -c conda-forge jupyterlab=3 nodejs=16
             conda init bash