diff --git a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
index dbff063c0..617d25ed1 100755
--- a/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
+++ b/continuous_integration/home/coder/.local/bin/build-legate-conda
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ EOF
 if [ "$UCX_ENABLED" = "ON" ]; then
     cat <<EOF >> /tmp/legate/conda/conda-build/conda_build_config.yaml
 ucx:
-  >=1.14
+  - ">=1.14"
 EOF
 fi
     cat /tmp/legate/conda/conda-build/conda_build_config.yaml