diff --git a/.github/actions/create-conda-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-conda-env/action.yml
index b268dbb..74cc308 100644
--- a/.github/actions/create-conda-env/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/create-conda-env/action.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ inputs:
   cache_env:
     description: "If true, cache the conda environment for speedier CI"
     required: false
-    default: "true"
+    default: "false"
   cache_refresh_time_format:
     description: >-
       The time format to extract from the current date with which a cache refresh will be forced even if nothing has changed in the environment name.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
index 963430e..2b0ad21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
           python=3.11
           boa
           conda-verify
+          conda=25.5.1
         post-cleanup: all
         cache-environment: true