diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2a3cd7ec0181d66d0326b958cd7279f5440bc5f..7c7a63c9fd76b818f069eb39e5b28137535e01b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   CONDA_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/miniconda"
   PRE_COMMIT_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/pre-commit"
+  CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA: "11.6"
 
 
 # Definition of our build pipeline order