diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 2a8500e3..4b306223 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-image: numpy/numpy-gitpod:latest
+image: ghcr.io/conda/conda-ci:main-linux-python3.9
 tasks:
   - name: initialize
     init: |
       mkdir -p .vscode
-      echo '{"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/home/gitpod/mambaforge3/envs/pymc-test-py39/bin/python"}' > .vscode/settings.json
-      conda create -yf conda-envs/environment-test-py39.yml
+      echo '{"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/home/gitpod/.conda/envs/pymc-test-py39/bin/python"}' > .vscode/settings.json
+      conda init bash && source ~/.bashrc
+      conda env update -f conda-envs/environment-test-py39.yml
       conda activate pymc-test-py39
       pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
       pip install -e .
+    command: |
+      conda init bash && echo "conda activate pymc-test-py39" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc && conda activate pymc-test-py39
 
 vscode:
   extensions: