diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 4e77a3ef..ac5da10d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -47,14 +47,18 @@ jobs:
         path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
         key:
           ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-${{ hashFiles('./environment.yml') }}
-    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      id: setup-miniconda
+      continue-on-error: true
       with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         miniconda-version: "latest"
         environment-file: ./environment.yml
         mamba-version: "*"
-        use-mamba: false
+        use-mamba: true
         # channels: conda-forge, defaults
         channels: bioconda, conda-forge, defaults, anaconda
         use-only-tar-bz2: true  # IMPORTANT: This needs to be set for caching to work properly!