diff --git a/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml b/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
index f118b259655..e825d84b8f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cvmfs.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           channels: conda-forge,defaults
           channel-priority: true
+          activate-environment: anaconda-client-env
       - name: Deploy on CVMFS
         env:
           CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64 }}
         run: |
-          conda create -n CVMFS_deploy openssl=3.0.7 gct
-          conda activate CVMFS_deploy
+          conda install openssl=3.0.7 gct
 
           echo "$CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64" | base64 --decode > cvmfs.proxy
           export X509_USER_PROXY=cvmfs.proxy