diff --git a/packaging/remote/bootstrap.sh b/packaging/remote/bootstrap.sh
index 9417bf4..803cdf4 100644
--- a/packaging/remote/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/packaging/remote/bootstrap.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ fi
 source "$CONDA_DIR/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
 
 # ── Step 2: conda env ────────────────────────────────────────
+# Accept Anaconda channel ToS (required by recent conda versions)
+conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r    >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 echo "::stage:: conda_env"
 if conda env list | awk '{print $1}' | grep -qx "$ENV_NAME"; then
   echo "[2/5] Conda env $ENV_NAME already exists"