diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51300886a226b486a0dfc2e36ef53d26d2229db2..8eb3b9b2a80e7cbe92f8c901acdeb0159a88c012 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ minimal-windows:
   tags:
     - win
   script:
-    - conda activate pystencils_dev
-    - conda env list
+    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda activate pystencils_dev
+    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda env list
     - grep sympy setup.py
     - grep -Eo 'sympy[>=]+[0-9\.]+' setup.py | sed 's/>/=/g'
     - conda update sympy==1.2