diff --git a/qhub/template/image/jupyterlab/environment.yaml b/qhub/template/image/jupyterlab/environment.yaml
index b5ec1b785..6611c4d3c 100644
--- a/qhub/template/image/jupyterlab/environment.yaml
+++ b/qhub/template/image/jupyterlab/environment.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
  - retrolab
 
  # jupyterlab extensions
- - dask_labextension >=5.0.0
+#  - dask_labextension >=5.0.0
  - jupyterlab-git >=0.30.0
  - sidecar >=0.5.0
  - jupyter-videochat >=0.5.0
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ dependencies:
  - pip:
      # vscode jupyterlab launcher
      - git+https://github.com/betatim/vscode-binder
+     - git+https://github.com/dask/dask-labextension.git@fc8de03447778e0605d0abafa3d3135f9e49e0d6