diff --git a/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile b/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
index 7ed7a18..6d9249a 100644
--- a/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN git clone --branch ${TX_TAG_FOR_DEPENDENCIES}  https://github.com/LSSTDESC/T
     && cat ../conda-extras.yml \
     && echo cat environment-piponly.yml \
     && cat environment-piponly.yml \
-    && mamba env update --file  environment-nopip2.yml \
+    && mamba env update --name base --file  environment-nopip2.yml \
     && mamba env update --name base --file ../conda-extras.yml \
     && mamba env update --name base --file environment-piponly.yml \
     && cd .. \