diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e9361ad5de..cc915e64a9 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ dependencies:
     - pypandoc
     - markdownify
     - traitlets
-    - opencv-python
-    - sentence_transformers~=2.2.2
+    - opencv-python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/conda.yml b/templates/conda.yml
index 8c36f95929..e2ead3a58c 100644
--- a/templates/conda.yml
+++ b/templates/conda.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ steps:
     retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
   - bash: |
       (timeout 30m conda env create --yes -f environment.yml -v)  || (timeout 30m conda env create --yes -f environment.yml -v)
+      pip install sentence_transformers=2.2.2
     displayName: Create Anaconda environment
     retryCountOnTaskFailure: 1
     condition: eq(variables.CONDA_CACHE_RESTORED, 'false')