diff --git a/deployments/datahub/images/default/environment.yml b/deployments/datahub/images/default/environment.yml
index 3ff656484..6e2dae87a 100644
--- a/deployments/datahub/images/default/environment.yml
+++ b/deployments/datahub/images/default/environment.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 # Base scientific packages that other conda packages we install depend on
 # We don't want to have conda packages depend on pip packages if possible
-- numpy=1.21.*
+- numpy=1.22.*
 - matplotlib=3.7.*
 - scipy=1.10.0
 - ipympl=0.9.*
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ dependencies:
 # EPS88, data100
 # https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/1796
 # https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/2824
-- shapely=1.8.*
-- cartopy=0.21.*
+- shapely==1.8.0
+- cartopy==0.22.0
 
 # ls 88-3; neuro
 - pillow=8.3.*
 
-# music 30, spring 2022, #3180
+# music 30, spring 2022, https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/3180
 - pysoundfile==0.10.3.post1
 
 # ds100, spring 2022, #3208
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ dependencies:
 - gdown==4.4.0
 
 # LBL summer research internship in materials informatics. Jupyter Book curriculum at https://enze-chen.github.io/mi-book/
-- pymatgen=2022.0.11
-- matminer=0.7.4
+- pymatgen==2023.10.4
+- matminer=0.9.0
 
 # data101, Fall 2022, https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/3646
 - pgspecial=2.0.1
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ dependencies:
 - jupyter-server-proxy==3.2.1
 - jupyter-rsession-proxy==2.0.1
 
-- folium==0.12.1
+- folium==0.12.1.post1
 
 # cogsci88;
-- ggplot==0.11.5
+# disabled 2023-10-07 due to unresolved dependencies
+#- ggplot==0.11.5
 
 # cogsci131; spring 2018
 - nose==1.3.7