From fb6ffe82918d533e31f03da45fde4534fd5662a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Rusak <jesse@openathena.ai>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 15:26:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use serial ESMF in xESMF data tests

---
 .github/workflows/data-tests-xesmf.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-tests-xesmf.yaml b/.github/workflows/data-tests-xesmf.yaml
index 0896fa7e..9f25296b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-tests-xesmf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-tests-xesmf.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-downloads: true
           micromamba-version: 'latest'
           create-args: >-
-            python=${{ matrix.python-version }} xesmf
+            python=${{ matrix.python-version }} xesmf esmf=*=nompi_*
       - name: 🌈 Install ocean_preprocessing package
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |