diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index bb338ce0074f97d5913fd4e40bfc90656fb7db80..bcb086b8d29bf453addb81df9dc253ff82c1c31c 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     f.write(_BASE_CONDARC)
 
   conda_version = '4'
-  conda_build_version = '3'
+  conda_build_version = '3.16'
 
   conda_verbosity = []
   #if args.verbose >= 2: