diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3732e633692d84c8d5d79dde202a0da33c2eeaff..3145e5d962680327756de28dfc660bb15e2a6ceb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stages:
     - !reference [default, before_script]
     # install opengl libraries (needed to avoid problem with pyopengl dependency)
     - apt-get update && apt-get -y install xvfb libxi6 libgl1-mesa-glx
-    - mamba env create -n test tango python=3.10
+    - mamba create -n test tango python=3.10
     - source activate test
     - pip install -e .[dev]
   script: