diff --git a/latest/Dockerfile b/latest/Dockerfile
index e66619a..4722d57 100644
--- a/latest/Dockerfile
+++ b/latest/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 FROM renku/singleuser:latest
 
 # Uncomment and adapt if code is to be included in the image
 # COPY src /code/src
 
 # install the python dependencies
-COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
-RUN pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
+COPY environment.yml environment.yml
+RUN conda env create -q -f environment.yml && \
+    conda clean -y --all && \
+    conda env export -n "{{ name }}" && \
+    "$CONDA_DIR/envs/{{ name }}/bin/python" -m ipykernel install --user --name "{{ name }}" --display-name "Python 3 ({{ name }})"
diff --git a/latest/environment.yml b/latest/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cea961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latest/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: "{{ name }}"
+channels:
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - jupyter
+  - jupyterlab
+prefix: "/opt/conda/envs/{{ name }}"
diff --git a/latest/requirements.txt b/latest/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/latest/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-