diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 36746696e7..e132c837bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -77,12 +77,13 @@ jobs:
           numpy \
           pandas \
           scipy
-          mamba remove --force-remove -y pykdtree pyresample trollimage pyhdf
+          mamba remove --force-remove -y pykdtree pyresample trollimage pyhdf netcdf4
           python -m pip install --upgrade --no-deps --pre --no-build-isolation \
           git+https://github.com/storpipfugl/pykdtree \
           git+https://github.com/pytroll/pyresample \
           git+https://github.com/pytroll/trollimage \
           git+https://github.com/fhs/pyhdf \
+          git+https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python \
           git+https://github.com/dask/dask \
           git+https://github.com/dask/distributed \
           git+https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr \