diff --git a/notebooks/Advanced_cloud/using_vds_starter.ipynb b/notebooks/Advanced_cloud/using_vds_starter.ipynb
index 45d0b13f..a2d2bfd1 100644
--- a/notebooks/Advanced_cloud/using_vds_starter.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/Advanced_cloud/using_vds_starter.ipynb
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
    "source": [
     "## Environment\n",
     "\n",
-    "Minimal working installation for Python 3.13.3 environment is\n",
-    "\n",
+    "Minimal working installation for a `python >3.12, <3.13` environment is\n",
     "```\n",
     "fsspec==2024.10.0\n",
     "earthaccess==0.11.0\n",
@@ -40,7 +39,9 @@
     "h5netcdf==1.3.0\n",
     "netCDF4==1.7.2\n",
     "matplotlib==3.9.2\n",
-    "jupyterlab==4.4.2\n",
+    "numcodecs<0.14\n",
+    "numpy<2.1\n",
+    "pandas<2.3\n",
     "```"
    ]
   },
@@ -22762,7 +22763,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.13.3"
+   "version": "3.13.5"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,