diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 1f9f23cabab04d66bd12d05278c3cf4ef6682c52..48b02d0500280530e16b8273dd1493a510a174b0 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   with open(condarc, 'wt') as f:
     f.write(_BASE_CONDARC)
 
-  conda_version = '4'
+  conda_version = '4.16'
   conda_build_version = '3.16'
   conda_verify_version = '3'
 
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 0bc370a2211a460b4f409416f53f2c9f5da90dde..32f98885ca8afee19663d8f56fe336d36aee80f1 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - click >=7
     - click-plugins
-    - conda=4
+    - conda=4.16
     - conda-build=3.16
     - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test:
     - bdt ci readme --help
     - bdt ci clean --help
     - bdt ci nightlies --help
-    - bdt ci docs --help 
+    - bdt ci docs --help
     - sphinx-build -aEW ${PREFIX}/share/doc/{{ name }}/doc sphinx
     - if [ -n "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}" ]; then mv sphinx "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/"; fi