diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index db1aeb36629b0c49c9facd3f7dac7ba7227dae5e..fb68b8971f8f0712d8c091c234dcafbbb66e0746 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ docs:
 
         # libenchant is needed for sphinxcontrib.spelling by way of PyEnchant,
         # and is not easily installed via conda
-        - apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change && apt-get install -yqq libenchant-dev
+        # - apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change && apt-get install -yqq libenchant-dev
+        - conda install libenchant-dev
     script:
         - cd docs/
         - make html