diff --git a/doc/source/install.rst b/doc/source/install.rst
index 0fdc70c6..0f01b33f 100644
--- a/doc/source/install.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install.rst
@@ -97,17 +97,12 @@ with::
 Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
 ------------------------------------------
 
-OSL comes with `Jupyter Notebook <https://jupyter.org/>`_ installed. To open Jupyter Notebook use::
+The OSL installation comes with two different IDEs: `Jupyter Notebook <https://jupyter.org/>`_ and `Sypder <https://www.spyder-ide.org/>`_. To open Jupyter Notebook use::
 
     conda activate osl
     jupyter notebook
 
-If you'd like to use Spyder, this can be installed with::
-
-    conda activate osl
-    conda install spyder
-
-and launched with::
+To open Spyder::
 
     conda activate osl
     spyder
diff --git a/envs/linux-full.yml b/envs/linux-full.yml
index 70e7ea40..cfd2bd63 100644
--- a/envs/linux-full.yml
+++ b/envs/linux-full.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ name: osl
 channels:
 - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-- python=3.10.13
+- python=3.8.16
 - pip=23.3.1
 - vtk=9.1.0=*osmesa*
 - pyvista=0.38.5
+- spyder=5.1.5
 - pip:
   - jupyter==1.0.0
   - ipympl==0.9.3
diff --git a/envs/mac-full.yml b/envs/mac-full.yml
index 2ed2b5b2..78745a35 100644
--- a/envs/mac-full.yml
+++ b/envs/mac-full.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ name: osl
 channels:
 - conda-forge
 dependencies:
-- python=3.10.13
+- python=3.8.16
 - pip=23.3.1
 - vtk=9.1.0=*osmesa*
 - pyvista=0.38.5
+- spyder=5.5.1
 - pip:
   - jupyter==1.0.0
   - ipympl==0.9.3