diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 4f11b116..7370db34 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
   - python
   - pip
-  - setuptools<81
   - noaa-gfdl::fre-cli
   - conda-forge::pyyaml
   - conda-forge::nco
+  - conda-forge::pytest
+  - conda-forge::pylint