diff --git a/software/environment.yml b/software/environment.yml
index 93e57177..6ddf6639 100644
--- a/software/environment.yml
+++ b/software/environment.yml
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ dependencies:
   - scalene
   - ruff
   - altair-all
+  - vega_datasets
   - xarray