diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-integration.yml
index a91229af..d559b1bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-integration.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.12"
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
index e7205497..2a68451b 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/alchemiscale-server.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python-jose
   - passlib
   - bcrypt
-  - python-multipart
+  - python-multipart=0.0.12    # temporarily pinned due to broken 0.14 release on conda-forge
   - starlette
   - httpx
   - cryptography
diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/test.yml b/devtools/conda-envs/test.yml
index ec9a6955..038d6acc 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/test.yml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/test.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies:
   - python-jose
   - passlib
   - bcrypt
-  - python-multipart
+  - python-multipart=0.0.12    # temporarily pinned due to broken 0.14 release on conda-forge
   - starlette
   - httpx
   - cryptography