diff --git a/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml b/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
index e825d84b8f1..7d1eedf24b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ jobs:
           channels: conda-forge,defaults
           channel-priority: true
           activate-environment: anaconda-client-env
+          auto-update-conda: true
       - name: Deploy on CVMFS
         env:
           CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64 }}