diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 18a1d5bbc71..e7f7599b82a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Create conda environment
           command: |
-            conda create -n env --yes python=3.9 conda-build conda-verify
+            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
             mkdir output