diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 96e7dfd641d8402b0f9e55b606894cd9ea6c8da6..697488597af545b3ef38714814d7ba5695108e72 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     f.write(_BASE_CONDARC)
 
   conda_version = '4'
-  conda_build_version = '3'
+  conda_build_version = '3.16'
   conda_verify_version = '3'
 
   conda_verbosity = []
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 31a56954399ba4a0784d91ca23efebea4dbb0eaf..0bc370a2211a460b4f409416f53f2c9f5da90dde 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ requirements:
     - click >=7
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
-    - conda-build=3
+    - conda-build=3.16
     - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - pytz
@@ -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