diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-sphinx.yml b/.github/workflows/build-sphinx.yml
index 84e4866e8c0..18fad3d258d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-sphinx.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-sphinx.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
 permissions: read-all
 
 env:
+  # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+  MINIFORGE_VERSION: '26.7.2-1'
   GH_BOT_NAME: 'github-actions[bot]'
   GH_BOT_EMAIL: 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
   GH_EVENT_PUSH_UPSTREAM: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.event_name == 'push' &&
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.MINIFORGE_VERSION }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.MINIFORGE_VERSION }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-onemath.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-onemath.yaml
index 5c48eb21710..50aef0954b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-onemath.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-onemath.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
+  # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+  miniforge-version: '26.7.2-1'
   environment-file: 'environments/environment.yml'
   environment-file-name: 'environment.yml'
   environment-file-loc: '${{ github.workspace }}/environments'
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-build-test.yml
index 781c8ba7603..570312ba8d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-build-test.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
+  # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+  miniforge-version: '26.7.2-1'
   package-name: dpnp
   module-name: dpnp
   ver-script-part1: "import json; f = open('version.json', 'r'); j = json.load(f); f.close(); "
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.build-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.build-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 1e62f1f8d07..c68402601ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
+  # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+  miniforge-version: '26.7.2-1'
   package-name: dpnp
   # Follow oneAPI installation instruction for conda, since intel channel is not longer available
   # channels-list: '-c dppy/label/dev -c intel -c conda-forge --override-channels'
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.examples-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -373,7 +375,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.examples-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -497,7 +499,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -507,7 +509,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -692,7 +694,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.upload-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -702,7 +704,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.upload-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -774,7 +776,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -784,7 +786,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.create-conda-channel-env }}
@@ -925,7 +927,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.cleanup-conda-pkg-env }}
@@ -935,7 +937,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.cleanup-conda-pkg-env }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
index c3a2808797e..d1635b553a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ on:
 permissions: read-all
 
 env:
+  # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+  miniforge-version: '26.7.2-1'
   package-name: dpnp
   channels-list: '-c dppy/label/dev -c https://software.repos.intel.com/python/conda/ -c conda-forge --override-channels'
   test-env-name: test
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           channels: conda-forge
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           channels: conda-forge
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate_coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate_coverage.yaml
index b95262b5d89..96adc38f622 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate_coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate_coverage.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -el {0}
 
     env:
+      # Pinned: Miniforge3 26.9.4-0 fails 'conda init' on Windows runners
+      miniforge-version: '26.7.2-1'
       environment-file: 'environments/environment.yml'
       build-with-oneapi-env: 'environments/build_with_oneapi.yml'
       coverage-env: 'environments/coverage.yml'
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.setup_miniconda.outcome == 'failure'
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@be893c923ea9cf1cf7cd510fbdde27c7e18cbdcb # v4.1.0
         with:
-          miniforge-version: latest
+          miniforge-version: ${{ env.miniforge-version }}
           use-mamba: 'true'
           conda-remove-defaults: 'true'
           environment-file: ${{ env.environment-file }}