diff --git a/.circleci/create_conda_optional_env.sh b/.circleci/create_conda_optional_env.sh
index d1d48f7e99..78c7994082 100755
--- a/.circleci/create_conda_optional_env.sh
+++ b/.circleci/create_conda_optional_env.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ if [ ! -d $HOME/miniconda/envs/circle_optional ]; then
 requests nbformat six retrying psutil pandas decorator pytest mock nose poppler xarray scikit-image ipython jupyter ipykernel ipywidgets
 
     # Install orca into environment
-    $HOME/miniconda/bin/conda install --yes -n circle_optional -c plotly plotly-orca
+    $HOME/miniconda/bin/conda install --yes -n circle_optional -c plotly plotly-orca=1.2.1
 fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cbb16a4f3..2f3f38f953 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ installation of the plotly [orca](https://github.com/plotly/orca) command line u
 These dependencies can both be installed using conda:
 
 ```
-conda install -c plotly plotly-orca psutil
+conda install -c plotly plotly-orca==1.2.1 psutil
 ```
 
 Or, `psutil` can be installed using pip...