diff --git a/ci-conda.Dockerfile b/ci-conda.Dockerfile
index f33c61b..ff9d9e3 100644
--- a/ci-conda.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci-conda.Dockerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ RUN rapids-mamba-retry install -y \
     git \
     jq \
     "sccache==0.4.2" \
+    "python=${PYTHON_VERSION}.*=*_cpython" \
   && conda clean -aipty
 
 # Install codecov binary