diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows_build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/windows_build_test.yml
index 7f7ab85002..4a81330d0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows_build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows_build_test.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ jobs:
           auto-activate-base: true
           activate-environment: ""
 
+      # yaml-cpp package has conflicting gtest headers and is not needed for this project
       - name: Conda dependencies
         shell:  bash -l {0}
         run: |
           conda install curl eigen
           conda install -c conda-forge hdf5=1.10.6
+          conda remove -y yaml-cpp
 
       - name: Environment Variables
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG.rst b/doc/CHANGELOG.rst
index b38d55c369..841e973b9e 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ Next version
    * Introduced logger to better manage console output (#876)
 
 **Fixed:**
-   * Patch to compile with Geant4 10.6
+   * Patch to compile with Geant4 10.6 (#803)
    * Patched cmake-search paths for double-down and MOAB (#878)
-   * Patch to compile with gcc-13
+   * Patch to compile with gcc-13 (#882)
+   * Tweak conda environment for Windows build to avoid conflicting gtest headers (#888)
 
 v3.2.2
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