diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a3aded6..98bb5bd 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
             pwd
             mkdir config build install
             . /opt/conda/bin/activate root
-            conda install --yes cython gdal h5py libgdal pytest numpy fftw scipy basemap scons opencv hdf4 hdf5 netcdf4 libgcc libstdcxx-ng cmake
+            conda install --yes cython gdal h5py libgdal pytest numpy fftw scipy basemap scons opencv hdf4 hdf5 netcdf4 libgcc libstdcxx-ng cmake astropy
             yum install -y uuid-devel x11-devel motif-devel jq gcc-gfortran
             ln -s /opt/conda/bin/cython /opt/conda/bin/cython3
             cd /opt/conda/lib