diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 643605786ea..f1780d246fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -588,9 +588,8 @@ jobs:
           timeout_minutes: 1
           max_attempts: 5
           command: |
-            conda env list
-            conda activate modin_on_unidist
-            ${{ matrix.execution.shell-ex }} -m "not exclude_in_sanity" modin/pandas/test/test_io.py --verbose
+            bash -l conda env list
+            bash -l conda activate modin_on_unidist && ${{ matrix.execution.shell-ex }} -m "not exclude_in_sanity" modin/pandas/test/test_io.py --verbose
         timeout-minutes: 10
         if: matrix.execution.name == 'unidist'
       - run: ${{ matrix.execution.shell-ex }} modin/experimental/pandas/test/test_io_exp.py