diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index fe238d17a..3b93ad103 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
           environment-file: devtools/conda-envs/lint_env.yml
-          # default - will pull down 2.0 which we don't want!
-          # micromamba-version: latest
-          # pin to latest 1.x release
-          micromamba-version: "1.5.10-0"
 
       - name: Check dead links
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/lint_env.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/lint_env.yml
index a4d4ca2b2..1e904d4b2 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/lint_env.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/lint_env.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: openff-docs-lint
 channels:
     - conda-forge
 dependencies:
+    - python <3.13
     - pip
     # readthedocs dependencies
     - sphinx>=5,<7