diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 6907bbce76d..12aa9d77daf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ jobs:
           environment-file: ${{ env.build-conda-pkg-env }}
           activate-environment: ${{ env.build-env-name }}
 
+      # Workaround for a conda-build crash during overlinking checks on Windows
+      # with py-lief 0.17: "AttributeError: 'Binary' object has no attribute
+      # 'exported_functions'". Pin py-lief back to 0.16 only on Windows.
+      - name: Pin py-lief on Windows
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: mamba install -y "py-lief<0.17"
+
       - name: List installed packages
         run: mamba list
 
diff --git a/environments/build_conda_pkg.yml b/environments/build_conda_pkg.yml
index 6ca1146706f..0af799c7ec6 100644
--- a/environments/build_conda_pkg.yml
+++ b/environments/build_conda_pkg.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ name: Build DPNP conda package
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-  - conda-build=25.11.1
+  - conda-build=26.5.0