diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix.yml b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
index 375f0ffe3ee..d882fa0cffd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix.yml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
           version=$(conan inspect --format json . | jq --raw-output .version)
           reference="xrpl/${version}@local/test"
           conan remove -f ${reference} || true
-          conan export . local/test
+          conan export --user local --channel test .
           echo "reference=${reference}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: build
         run: |