diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
index 7e86d794e5d02fa471cc8f9188a11da7ab96b7bd..634324c93f05368b6f4decdb320e97f67c4823b2 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ stages:
   before_script:
     - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
-    - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
+    - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel base
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
     # for conda inspect during builds (on macos)
     - conda install -n base conda-build
-    - conda activate bdt
+    - conda activate base
     - bdt ci check -vv
   cache:
     paths:
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
index 89a9a28a4fcdd6e101031c100233719ce571c7fe..94377a6fa2cf034c3e6c2552357017ab2e9f06d2 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ stages:
   before_script:
     - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
-    - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
+    - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel base
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
     # for conda inspect during builds (on macos)
     - conda install -n base conda-build
-    - conda activate bdt
+    - conda activate base
     - bdt ci check -vv
   cache:
     paths: