diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7ec95b7395f..90c117eff01 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ commands:
 
                   CONDA_DIR="/opt/conda"
                   CONDA_INSTALLER="Miniconda3-py39_23.5.2-0-Linux-x86_64.sh"
-                  CONDA_MD5="9829d95f639bd0053b2ed06d1204e60644617bf37dd5cc57523732e0e8d64516"
+                  CONDA_SHA256="9829d95f639bd0053b2ed06d1204e60644617bf37dd5cc57523732e0e8d64516"
                   CONDA_URL="https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda"
 
                   mkdir -p /etc/determined/conda.d
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ commands:
 
                   cd /tmp
                   curl --retry 3 -fsSL -O "${CONDA_URL}/${CONDA_INSTALLER}"
-                  echo "${CONDA_MD5}  ${CONDA_INSTALLER}" | md5sum -c -
+                  echo "${CONDA_SHA256}  ${CONDA_INSTALLER}" | sha256sum ${CONDA_INSTALLER}
                   bash "./${CONDA_INSTALLER}" -u -b -p "${CONDA_DIR}"
                   rm -f "./${CONDA_INSTALLER}"