diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index f658ee8731e2d821881dba05f5fa75acb4fe5e5e..cd4ae12fb1b41a5c9becc5ae08fdeaac9e6923ac 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 ))
 
     conda_version = "4"
-    conda_build_version = "3.16"
+    conda_build_version = "3"
     conda_verify_version = "3"
 
     conda_verbosity = []