diff --git a/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml b/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
index 44cb46d..85939fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
@@ -29,13 +29,15 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install ConFlowGen
       run: |
+        conda info
+        conda update conda
         conda info
         conda create -n test-install-conflowgen -c conda-forge conflowgen pytest
 
     - name: Prepare tests
       run: |
         conda activate test-install-conflowgen
-        conda install pillow>=9.0
+        conda install -c conda-forge pillow>=9.0
 
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ jobs:
         conda init bash
         eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
         conda info
+        conda update conda
+        conda info
         conda activate base
         conda create -n test-install-conflowgen -c conda-forge conflowgen pytest