diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index f658ee8731e2d821881dba05f5fa75acb4fe5e5e..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 = "3.16"
+    conda_build_version = "3"
     conda_verify_version = "3"
 
     conda_verbosity = []
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 017bc3b7971bb5739ed7398cff46af7572d17846..64127318c18c2088fa51081952271dec52126fb0 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ requirements:
     - click >=7
     - click-plugins
     - conda=4
-    - conda-build=3.16
+    - conda-build=3
     - conda-verify=3
     - certifi
     - docformatter