diff --git a/ci-conda.Dockerfile b/ci-conda.Dockerfile
index 0d4d9e3..0906823 100644
--- a/ci-conda.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci-conda.Dockerfile
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install -y \
   dunamai \
   git \
   jq \
+  packaging \
   "python=${PYTHON_VERSION}.*=*_cpython" \
   "rapids-dependency-file-generator==1.*"
 conda clean -aipty
@@ -231,9 +232,6 @@ RUN <<EOF
 pip install codecov-cli==${CODECOV_VER}
 EOF
 
-# Install packaging lib
-RUN pip install packaging
-
 RUN /opt/conda/bin/git config --system --add safe.directory '*'
 
 COPY --from=yq /usr/bin/yq /usr/local/bin/yq