diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e5cdc4c706..75931c6201 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ before_install:
 - conda install cmake
 script:
 - export NOX="OFF"
-- export CONDA_XTRA="uvcdat"
+- export CONDA_XTRA="conda-forge -c uvcdat"
 - export NCPUS="4"
-- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then export NOX="ON"; export CONDA_XTRA="uvcdat -c spyder-ide libxcb"; fi
+- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then export NOX="ON"; export CONDA_XTRA="conda-forge -c uvcdat -c spyder-ide libxcb"; fi
 - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then export NCPUS="8" ; fi
 - echo $TRAVIS_BRANCH
 - export TRAVIS_PR_BRANCH=$TRAVIS_BRANCH
diff --git a/CMake/cdat_modules_extra/install_cdat_from_conda.bash.in b/CMake/cdat_modules_extra/install_cdat_from_conda.bash.in
index baddecc0ae..efa32adb6e 100755
--- a/CMake/cdat_modules_extra/install_cdat_from_conda.bash.in
+++ b/CMake/cdat_modules_extra/install_cdat_from_conda.bash.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-@CONDA@ create -y -n @CONDA_ENVIRONMENT_NAME@ -c @CONDA_CHANNEL_UVCDAT@  ipython libnetcdf lapack clapack ossuuid libcf esmf jasper g2clib yasm x264 ffmpeg cmor proj4>=4.9.2 vtk@CONDA_NOX@ libcdms flake8 requests numpy hdf5=1.8.16 cycler matplotlib --show-channel-urls --copy
+@CONDA@ create -y -n @CONDA_ENVIRONMENT_NAME@ -c @CONDA_CHANNEL_UVCDAT@  ipython libnetcdf lapack clapack ossuuid libcf esmf jasper g2clib yasm x264 ffmpeg cmor vtk-cdat@CONDA_NOX@ libcdms flake8 requests numpy cycler matplotlib --show-channel-urls --copy
 
 source @ACTIVATE@ @CONDA_ENVIRONMENT_NAME@
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b8161dda8..fabe4250fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ include(ExternalProject)
 include(cdat_pkg)
 # CONDA Options
 set(CONDA_ENVIRONMENT_NAME ${cdat_VERSION} CACHE STRING "Name of conda environment we want to build CDAT in")
-set(CONDA_CHANNEL_UVCDAT uvcdat CACHE STRING "channels to use (if more than one use '-c' between channels e.g. uvcdat/label/nightly -c uvcdat)")
+set(CONDA_CHANNEL_UVCDAT "conda-forge -c uvcdat" CACHE STRING "channels to use (if more than one use '-c' between channels e.g. uvcdat/label/nightly -c uvcdat)")
 
 execute_process(COMMAND
     "${GIT_EXECUTABLE}" symbolic-ref --short HEAD