diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 3595c4a887..f34956c3d0 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ install_conda() {
 
   # Creating a separate conda environment
   . $prefix/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+  conda init
   conda activate base
 }