diff --git a/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env b/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env
index 4f14651cd..576c2dce3 100755
--- a/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env
+++ b/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
+echo "Going to update conda environment test-cubeviz-conda"
+
 set -eu
 
 conda_env=`conda env list | grep '*' | cut -d\  -f1`
 min_conda_version="4.4"
+download_location="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spacetelescope/cubeviz/master/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env_pip"
 
 if [ "$conda_env" != "test-cubeviz-conda" ]; then
     echo "Must be in the test-cubeviz-conda conda environment"
     exit 1
 fi
 
-conda_version=$(conda --version | cut -d\  -f2 | cut -d. -f1,2)
-if [[ "$conda_version" < "$min_conda_version" ]]; then
-    echo "WARNING: your conda version is out of date ($(conda --version))." \
-    "This may cause issues with installing the latest version of cubeviz" \
-    "and its dependencies."
-fi
+# Grab the script:
+echo "Downloading the update script"
+output_file=`mktemp`
 
-conda update --update-deps -c glueviz/label/dev -c glueviz -c http://ssb.stsci.edu/astroconda-dev cubeviz --yes
+# https://stackoverlfow.com/questions/14411103/check-for-existence-of-wget-curl
+wget -O - --no-check-certificate $download_location > $output_file || curl -o $output_file $download_location
 
-echo "CubeViz test environment has been updated to the following:"
-conda list "cubeviz|glue-core|specviz|specutils|spectral-cube"
+echo "Running the update script $output_file"
+sh $output_file
diff --git a/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env_pip b/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env_pip
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c678d7286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/update_cubeviz_test_env_pip
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+glue_hash="cc1dc09bff7113ab679a75dd7617456c5f85e005"
+spectral_cube_hash="cd06db6c5658baa2e182565b4fc6b337e383c8f1"           
+specviz_hash="437e5ca0d1da6b1099f89d2ee6230b19ff785796"
+cubeviz_hash="029302d36722d765a8dea2f38638ff1856c23e65"
+specutils_hash="legacy-specutils"
+astropy_hash="46b59dddfba1e24f39e64dccbd9eb6488e1f8df0"
+
+set -eu
+
+echo "Checking to make sure we are in the right conda environment"
+conda_env=`conda env list | grep '*' | cut -d\  -f1`
+if [ "$conda_env" != "test-cubeviz-conda" ]; then
+    echo "Must be in the test-cubeviz-conda conda environment"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Remove anything installed by conda, if there is an error, i.e., no packages
+# then continue processing
+echo "Remove a few of the conda packages we want to replace"
+conda remove astropy glue-core spectral-cube specviz cubeviz specutils || true
+
+# Install specific versions of each packages
+echo "pip install the packages based on the commit hashes"
+pip install --upgrade \
+    git+https://github.com/glue-viz/glue@${glue_hash} \
+    git+https://github.com/radio-astro-tools/spectral-cube@${spectral_cube_hash} \
+    git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/specviz@${specviz_hash} \
+    git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/cubeviz@${cubeviz_hash}  \
+    git+https://github.com/astropy/specutils.git@${specutils_hash} \
+    git+https://github.com/astropy/astropy@${astropy_hash}#egg=astropy
+