diff --git a/build-environment.yml b/build-environment.yml
index 579c51e..f6599ad 100644
--- a/build-environment.yml
+++ b/build-environment.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - jupyter_server
   - jupyterlite-core >=0.2.0,<0.3.0
-  - jupyterlite-xeus-python >=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+  - pip:
+    - jupyterlite-xeus>=0.1,<0.2
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index b28066d..a780010 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ channels:
   - https://repo.mamba.pm/emscripten-forge
   - https://repo.mamba.pm/conda-forge
 dependencies:
+  - xeus-python
   - ipycanvas