diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
index 4bcf3bb3d5..4ae15448a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: false
+          python-version: 3.8
           activate-environment: "build-transformers"
           channels: huggingface