diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/conda.yml b/.gitlab/ci/conda.yml
index 9cc5267f6d..6ef40941af 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/conda.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/conda.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   - conda config --file ${CONDARC} --remove aggressive_update_packages openssl
   # install build helpers
   - retry conda install -n base
-        "conda-build!=3.18.10"
+        "conda-build!=3.18.10,!=24.11.1"
         conda-forge-pinning
         "conda-smithy>=3.7.5"
         conda-libmamba-solver