diff --git a/ci/azure/windows.yml b/ci/azure/windows.yml
index 86d445e343777..eeb03a0b28130 100644
--- a/ci/azure/windows.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/windows.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ jobs:
   steps:
     - powershell: Write-Host "##vso[task.prependpath]$env:CONDA\Scripts"
       displayName: Add conda to PATH
-    - script: conda env create --file ci\\deps\\azure-windows-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
+    - script: conda update -q -n base conda
+      displayName: Update conda
+    - script: conda env create -q --file ci\\deps\\azure-windows-$(CONDA_PY).yaml
       displayName: Create anaconda environment
     - script: |
         call activate pandas-dev
+        call conda list
         ci\\incremental\\build.cmd
       displayName: 'Build'
     - script: |
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
index 66ab307eb3244..5384e794d442a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: pandas-dev
 channels:
   - defaults
+  - conda-forge
 dependencies:
   - beautifulsoup4
   - bottleneck
+  - gcsfs
   - html5lib
   - jinja2
   - lxml