[Python] Python version does not change when creating conda environment with different python...

I currently have python3 set as my default python version but I'd like to be able to switch back to python2 for certain things so I created a conda environment with the following command:

conda create -n py2 python=2.7


and then activated it with:

source activate py2


but when I do:

python --version


I still get

Python 3.6.8
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What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to download a conda package this is only python2 compatible but despite being in a python2 environment, it keeps telling me my python version is incompatible.

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