diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml
index 9edb9972..7759c10d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions-demo.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       OS_NAME: osx_arm64
       MINICONDA_INSTALLER_URL: https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-MacOSX-arm64.sh
       PROJECT_DIR: workdir/macos
-      CONDA_CHANNEL: conda-forge
+      CONDA_FORGE_CHANNEL: conda-forge
       C_COMPILER: clang_osx-64
       FORTRAN_COMPILER: gfortran_osx-64
     steps:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
           export CMOR_CHANNEL=file://`pwd`/cmor_conda_pkgs/
           conda search -c $CMOR_CHANNEL --override-channels
 
-          conda create -y -n test_py$PYTHON_VERSION -c $CMOR_CHANNEL -c $CONDA_CHANNEL python=$PYTHON_VERSION $PACKAGE_NAME=$PACKAGE_VERSION $C_COMPILER $FORTRAN_COMPILER
+          conda create -y -n test_py$PYTHON_VERSION -c $CMOR_CHANNEL -c $CONDA_FORGE_CHANNEL python=$PYTHON_VERSION $PACKAGE_NAME=$PACKAGE_VERSION $C_COMPILER $FORTRAN_COMPILER
           conda activate test_py$PYTHON_VERSION
 
           ./configure --prefix=$CONDA_PREFIX --with-python --with-uuid=$CONDA_PREFIX --with-json-c=$CONDA_PREFIX --with-udunits2=$CONDA_PREFIX --with-netcdf=$CONDA_PREFIX  --enable-verbose-test