diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 115183a2e2688dfafb3d6bb1f2802202ddd993d1..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 = "3.17"
+    conda_build_version = "3"
     conda_verify_version = "3"
 
     conda_verbosity = []
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index e2e34699d6cd046a8664cb1bc51ca9338152fa67..059b56586d28fbb0e1f9c2173317cf6c86c062ce 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ requirements:
     - click >=7
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
-    - conda-build=3.17
+    - conda-build=3
     - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - docformatter