diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0acd5d7..a4a8f72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
           environment-file: .github/workflows/environment.yaml
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Build unix
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/environment.yaml b/.github/workflows/environment.yaml
index c33a850..2ef73b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/environment.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/environment.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - zlib
   - xtensor >=0.24,<0.25
   - xtensor-python >=0.26,<0.27
-  - xsimd >=8,<9
+  - xsimd >=10,<11
   - blosc
   - imageio
   - nlohmann_json