diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
index e4ff50a6..4e47a05a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         done < ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/scripts/tensor_names/suitesparse_ci.txt
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
-        conda install flake8
+        pip install flake8
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --exclude venv,peak,lassen
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide