diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 17e82e7d7..68bf1bc94 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ build: off
 
 install:
   - cmd: call %CONDA_INSTALL_LOCN%\Scripts\activate.bat
-  - cmd: conda update --yes --quiet conda
   - cmd: conda config --set show_channel_urls true
   - cmd: conda config --add channels conda-forge
+  - cmd: conda update --yes --quiet conda
   - cmd: conda install -y pyzmq tornado jupyter_client nbformat nbconvert ipykernel pip nodejs nose
   - cmd: pip install .[test]