diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2c6279cb..eb0f4cd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ jobs:
           auto-update-conda: false
           channels: conda-forge
           miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-          activate-environment: bitinfo
+          activate-environment: bitinfo-tests
           python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Set up conda environment
         run: |
-          mamba env update -f environment.yml
+          mamba env update -f tests/environment.yml
       - name: Conda info
         run: conda info
       - name: Conda list
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           channels: conda-forge
           miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-          activate-environment: bitinfo
+          activate-environment: bitinfo-tests
           auto-update-conda: false
           python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Install conda dependencies
         run: |
-          mamba env update -f environment.yml
+          mamba env update -f tests/environment.yml
       - name: Install xbitinfo
         run: |
           python -m pip install -e .
@@ -97,10 +97,13 @@ jobs:
           channels: conda-forge
           miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
           activate-environment: bitinfo-docs
-          python-version: '3.9'
+          python-version: '3.11'
       - name: Set up conda environment
         run: |
           mamba env update -f docs/environment.yml
+      - name: Remove julia (issue #212)
+        run: |
+          conda remove julia
       - name: Conda info
         run: conda info
       - name: Conda list
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index f71fef96..6aed1447 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 X.X.X (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+* Improve test/docs environment separation (:pr:`275`, :issue:`267`) `Aryan Bakliwal`_.
 * Set default masked value to None for integers (:pr:`289`) `Hauke Schulz`_.
 * Add basic filter to remove artificial information from bitinformation (:pr:`280`, :issue:`209`) `Ishaan Jain`_.
 * Add support for additional datatypes in :py:func:`xbitinfo.xbitinfo.plot_bitinformation` (:pr:`218`, :issue:`168`) `Hauke Schulz`_.
diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index da8d067b..c7ef21e1 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ dependencies:
   - netcdf4
   - zarr
   - cfgrib
-  - prefect>=1.0.0
+  - prefect>=1.0.0,<2.0
   - cmcrameri
+  - julia
   - tqdm
+  - pytest
   - sphinx!=4.4.0
   - sphinx-copybutton
   - sphinx-book-theme>=0.1.7
diff --git a/tests/environment.yml b/tests/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd3d9bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: bitinfo-tests
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python
+  - julia<1.9.0
+  - pyjulia
+  - matplotlib-base
+  - numpy
+  - pooch
+  - xarray
+  - dask-core
+  - distributed
+  - jupyterlab
+  - netcdf4
+  - zarr
+  - cfgrib
+  - prefect>=1.0.0,<2.0
+  - graphviz
+  - pytest
+  - nb_conda_kernels
+  - cmcrameri
+  - tqdm
+  - asv
+  - sphinx!=4.4.0
+  - sphinxcontrib-napoleon
+  - sphinx-copybutton
+  - sphinx-book-theme
+  - myst-nb
+  - numcodecs>=0.10.0
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - -e ../.