diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 6efba5d95a1d10b9e4d4fb8a128fca3efd05159b..0dfb2455568b275b40e699683071da3a1cd2f483 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ jobs:
     -
         script: |
             set -e
-            CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
+            sed 's/python=3/python=3.7/' .test-conda-env-py3.yml > .test-conda-env.yml
+            CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env.yml
             USE_CONDA_BUILD=1
             curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/prepare-and-run-pylint.sh
             . ./prepare-and-run-pylint.sh loopy test/test_*.py