diff --git a/documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst b/documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst
index 3fba6303b8..e73c7a222c 100644
--- a/documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst
+++ b/documentation/source/users/rmg/installation/anacondaDeveloper.rst
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ Installation by Source Using Anaconda Environment for Unix-based Systems: Linux
 
     conda activate rmg_env
 
-#. Switch the conda solver to libmamba again, to accelerate any changes you might make to this conda environment in the future::
+#. Switch the conda solver back to default, to avoid potential conflicts with Julia commands below::
 
-    conda config --set solver libmamba
+    conda config --set solver classic
 
 #. Compile RMG-Py after activating the conda environment ::
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index e9c5e8c071..f0bfb441c3 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dependencies:
   - conda-forge::openbabel >= 3
 
 # general-purpose external software tools
-  - conda-forge::julia>=1.8.5,!=1.9.0
+  - conda-forge::julia=1.8.5
   - conda-forge::pyjulia >=0.6
 
 # Python tools