diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5957a5e7e3..eb13a0ef08 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
   test_installation_from_source_test_mode:
     # Test installation from source
     docker:
-      - image: condaforge/mambaforge:latest
+      - image: condaforge/miniforge3:latest
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - test_installation_from_source:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
   test_installation_from_source_develop_mode:
     # Test development installation
     docker:
-      - image: condaforge/mambaforge:latest
+      - image: condaforge/miniforge3:latest
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - test_installation_from_source:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
     # purpose of this test to discover backward-incompatible changes early on in
     # the development cycle.
     docker:
-      - image: condaforge/mambaforge:latest
+      - image: condaforge/miniforge3:latest
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - run:
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
   build_documentation:
     # Test building documentation
     docker:
-      - image: condaforge/mambaforge:latest
+      - image: condaforge/miniforge3:latest
     resource_class: medium
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ jobs:
   test_installation_from_conda:
     # Test conda package installation
     docker:
-      - image: condaforge/mambaforge:latest
+      - image: condaforge/miniforge3:latest
     resource_class: large
     steps:
       - run:
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/source/quickstart/installation.rst b/doc/sphinx/source/quickstart/installation.rst
index 891494348b..9f66c1f670 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/source/quickstart/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/source/quickstart/installation.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ later by running:
     source <prefix>/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 
 where ``<prefix>`` is the installation location of mamba (e.g.
-``/home/$USER/mambaforge`` if you chose the default installation path).
+``/home/$USER/miniforge3`` if you chose the default installation path).
 
 If you use another shell than Bash, have a look at the available configurations
 in the ``<prefix>/etc/profile.d`` directory.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ You can check that mamba installed correctly by running
     which mamba
 
 this should show the path to your mamba executable, e.g.
-``~/mambaforge/bin/mamba``.
+``~/miniforge3/bin/mamba``.
 
 It is recommended to update both mamba and conda after installing:
 
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ To check that the installation was successful, run
 this should show the directory of the source code that you just downloaded.
 
 If the command above shows a directory inside your conda environment instead,
-e.g. ``~/mambaforge/envs/esmvaltool/lib/python3.11/site-packages/esmvalcore``,
+e.g. ``~/miniforge3/envs/esmvaltool/lib/python3.11/site-packages/esmvalcore``,
 you may need to manually remove that directory and run
 ``pip install --editable '.[develop]'`` again.
 
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/source/utils.rst b/doc/sphinx/source/utils.rst
index 71de0e01f6..49c3df7aef 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/source/utils.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/source/utils.rst
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ The following parameters have to be set in the script in order to make it run:
 * ``submit``, *bool*: Whether or not to automatically submit the job after creating the launch script. Default value is ``False``.
 * ``account``, *str*: Name of the DKRZ account in which the job will be billed.
 * ``outputs``, *str*: Name of the directory in which the job outputs (.out and .err files) are going to be saved. The outputs will be saved in `/home/user/<outputs>`.
-* ``conda_path``, *str*: Full path to the `mambaforge/etc/profile.d/conda.sh` executable.
+* ``conda_path``, *str*: Full path to the `miniforge3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh` executable.
 
 Optionally, the following parameters can be edited:
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 9ee3ddf0f8..9670028c7b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # To build this container, go to ESMValTool root folder and execute:
 # docker build -t esmvaltool:latest . -f docker/Dockerfile
-FROM condaforge/mambaforge
+FROM condaforge/miniforge3
 
 WORKDIR /src/ESMValTool
 COPY environment.yml .
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dev b/docker/Dockerfile.dev
index 65f1a34ea5..b7204abaa7 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # To build this container, go to ESMValTool root folder and execute:
 # docker build -t esmvaltool:development . -f docker/Dockerfile.dev
-FROM condaforge/mambaforge
+FROM condaforge/miniforge3
 
 WORKDIR /src/ESMValTool
 RUN apt update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y curl git ssh && apt clean
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.exp b/docker/Dockerfile.exp
index a522995fc4..062a64b8ab 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.exp
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.exp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # To build this container, go to ESMValTool root folder and execute:
 # docker build -t esmvaltool:experimental . -f docker/Dockerfile.exp
-FROM condaforge/mambaforge
+FROM condaforge/miniforge3
 RUN apt update && apt install -y git && apt clean
 
 WORKDIR /src/ESMValTool
diff --git a/esmvaltool/utils/batch-jobs/generate.py b/esmvaltool/utils/batch-jobs/generate.py
index afba37906f..d1ceeffaa0 100644
--- a/esmvaltool/utils/batch-jobs/generate.py
+++ b/esmvaltool/utils/batch-jobs/generate.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
 memory = '64G'
 # Default walltime
 time = '04:00:00'
-# Full path to the mambaforge/etc/profile.d/conda.sh executable
+# Full path to the miniforge3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh executable
 # Set the path to conda
-conda_path = 'PATH_TO/mambaforge/etc/profile.d/conda.sh'
+conda_path = 'PATH_TO/miniforge3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh'
 # Full path to config_file
 # If none, ~/.esmvaltool/config-user.yml is used
 config_file = ''