diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_conda.yml
index 8e9328386..67b71db64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_conda.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Create Conda environment
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
-        conda install -c conda-forge fenics-dolfinx=${{ matrix.dolfinx }} scifem adios4dolfinx
+        conda install -c conda-forge python pip fenics-dolfinx=${{ matrix.dolfinx }} scifem adios4dolfinx
 
     - name: Install local package and dependencies
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
-        pip install .[test]
+        python -m pip install .[test]
 
     - name: Run tests
       shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-nightly.yml
index 02ae6cb80..52b400c8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-nightly.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install build tools
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          conda install -y conda-build anaconda-client
+          conda install -n base -y conda-build anaconda-client
 
       - name: Generate nightly version string
         id: version