diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c227c26092ae348dd65037d4891e4597e99a3b3e..2a6f0cc3ae90d8240daedba7e404fd2dac7b6c32 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test_PyWake_windows:  # name the job what we like
   stage:  # build, test, deploy defined by default [2]
     test
   script:  # runs on windows machine due to tag below
-  - source activate py38
+  - source activate py38_2
   - pip install -e .[test]
   - pytest --cov-report term-missing:skip-covered --cov=py_wake --cov-config .coveragerc
   tags:  # tag for shared runner on windows machine