diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index d03f037ee8d..499de400c68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
 
     needs: build
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     continue-on-error: true
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
 
     needs: build
 
-    runs-on: windows-2019
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     defaults:
       run:
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+        os: [windows-2019]
 
     continue-on-error: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
index ec49466aff4..2aae8d99291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ jobs:
           echo "Latest tag is ${{ steps.find_latest_tag.outputs.tag }}"
 
       - name: Setup miniconda
+        id: setup_miniconda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@d2e6a045a86077fb6cad6f5adf368e9076ddaa8d # v3.1.0
+        with:
+          miniforge-version: latest
+          use-mamba: 'true'
+          channels: conda-forge
+          conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
+
+      - name: ReSetup miniconda
+        if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@d2e6a045a86077fb6cad6f5adf368e9076ddaa8d # v3.1.0
         with:
           miniforge-version: latest