diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 0a030f8c3..1a4cf95b3 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ stages:
         - bash: |
             source "${HOME}/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
             source "${HOME}/conda/etc/profile.d/mamba.sh"
-            echo "  - python="$(python.version) >> environment_test.yml
-            mamba env create -f environment_test.yml
+            cp environment_test.yml environment_test_with_pyversion.yml
+            echo "  - python="$(python.version) >> environment_test_with_pyversion.yml
+            mamba env create -f environment_test_with_pyversion.yml
             conda activate discretize-test
             pip install pytest-azurepipelines
           displayName: Create Anaconda testing environment