diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-website.yml b/.github/workflows/python-website.yml
index 7e5181d..4351c30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-website.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         conda env update --file environment-min.yml --name base
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
-        conda install flake8
+        conda install flake8 --solver=classic
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide