diff --git a/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras1.2.yaml b/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras1.2.yaml
index fd1d8e0b2..8dd0944d5 100644
--- a/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras1.2.yaml
+++ b/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras1.2.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ dependencies:
 - bedtools
 - pybedtools
 - pysam
-- python=3.5
+- python=3.6
 - h5py
 - genomelake
 - numpy
 - pandas
 - cython
+- pip
 - pip:
   - kipoi_veff
   - kipoi_interpret
diff --git a/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras2.yaml b/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras2.yaml
index 099263601..8b056b929 100644
--- a/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras2.yaml
+++ b/shared/envs/kipoi-py3-keras2.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ channels:
 - pytorch
 - defaults
 dependencies:
+- python=3.6
+- pip
 - pyvcf
 - cyvcf2
 - bedtools