diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 742f2818..d528f33a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
         python-version: [3.7]
+        conda-channel: ['conda-forge', 'conda-canary/label/dev']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install mamba
       uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
       with:
         environment-file: tests/env.yml
+        create-args: >-
+          --channel-priority=flexible
+          ${{ matrix.conda-channel }}::conda
+          ${{ matrix.conda-channel }}::conda-build
     - name: Install boa
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |