diff --git a/.github/conda/build.sh b/.github/conda/build.sh
index a40f1097a86..a6609066d90 100644
--- a/.github/conda/build.sh
+++ b/.github/conda/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$PYTHON setup.py install     # Python command to install the script.
+$PYTHON setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
diff --git a/.github/conda/meta.yaml b/.github/conda/meta.yaml
index 02c99e06876..8eaf6b03bd7 100644
--- a/.github/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/.github/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ requirements:
     - multiprocess
     - importlib_metadata
     - fsspec
-    - huggingface_hub
+    - huggingface_hub <0.1.0
     - packaging
   run:
     - python
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ requirements:
     - multiprocess
     - importlib_metadata
     - fsspec
-    - huggingface_hub
+    - huggingface_hub <0.1.0
     - packaging
 
 test:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
index 9c158d63392..7566de22e16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-conda.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: true
           auto-activate-base: false
           activate-environment: "build-datasets"
+          python-version: 3.8
           channels: huggingface,conda-forge
 
       - name: Setup conda env