diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 37adbac743e1f82415d06123f9d2e7873eb86740..ecf0cc41f1778a2aecdc04bb47a2ace67e292e0a 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     condarc = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "condarc")
 
     install_miniconda(args.conda_root, args.name)
-    conda_bin = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "bin", "conda")
+    conda_bin = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "bin", "mamba")
 
     # creates the condarc file
     condarc = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "condarc")