diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yaml b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
index 7eda3f4..5d67eb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: false
           auto-activate-base: false
           show-channel-urls: true
+      - name: Enforce .tar.bz2 packages
+        # Temporary work-arounds while the action uibcdf/action-build-and-upload-conda-packages gets updated:
+        # We create a `~/.condarc` file with the correct options to enforce the use of `.tar.bz2` packages
+        # and we set the channels to be used by conda build
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            cat > ~/.condarc << EOF
+            conda-build:
+                pkg_format: .tar.bz2
+            channels:
+                - accessnri
+                - conda-forge
+                - coecms
+                - nodefaults
+            EOF
       - name: Build and upload the conda packages
         uses: uibcdf/action-build-and-upload-conda-packages@v1.2.0
         with: