diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
index 316ae780..8fb1923b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
           activate-environment: test
-          auto-update-conda: true
+          miniforge-version: latest
           environment-file: environment.yml
           auto-activate-base: false
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/news/osx13.rst b/news/osx13.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62cb825b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/osx13.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Use miniforge in CI to avoid strange error of incorrect MacOS version logged from base     env
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>