diff --git a/.github/conda/meta.yaml b/.github/conda/meta.yaml
index 6910bd5f1b..b18af06c3a 100644
--- a/.github/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/.github/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ requirements:
     - regex !=2019.12.17
     - protobuf
     - tokenizers >=0.10.1,<0.11.0
+    - pyyaml
   run:
     - python
     - numpy >=1.17
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ requirements:
     - regex !=2019.12.17
     - protobuf
     - tokenizers >=0.10.1,<0.11.0
+    - pyyaml
 
 test:
   imports:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
index 4ae15448a2..4cc0b662fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - v*
+    branches:
+      - conda_*
 
 env:
   ANACONDA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_API_TOKEN }}