diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index 77293f6c..3dca71cf 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ dependencies:
   - dask=2.20.0
   - dask-image=0.2.0
   - dask-ml=1.6.0
-  - dask-labextension=2.0.2
-  - jupyterlab=2.1
-  - nodejs=16
+  - dask-labextension>=5.2.0
+  - jupyterlab>=3
   - numba
   - numpy=1.21
   - pip
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ dependencies:
   - seaborn
   - scikit-learn=0.23
   - matplotlib
-  - nbserverproxy
   - nomkl
   - h5py
   - xarray
diff --git a/binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace b/binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5f6ccb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"data":{"layout-restorer:data":{"main":{"dock":{"type":"split-area","orientation":"horizontal","sizes":[0.5,0.5],"children":[{"type":"tab-area","currentIndex":0,"widgets":["markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md"]},{"type":"split-area","orientation":"vertical","sizes":[0.5,0.5],"children":[{"type":"tab-area","currentIndex":0,"widgets":["dask-dashboard-launcher:/individual-task-stream"]},{"type":"tab-area","currentIndex":0,"widgets":["dask-dashboard-launcher:/individual-progress"]}]}]},"current":"markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md"},"down":{"size":0,"widgets":[]},"left":{"collapsed":false,"current":"filebrowser","widgets":["filebrowser","jp-property-inspector","running-sessions","dask-dashboard-launcher","@jupyterlab/toc:plugin","extensionmanager.main-view"]},"right":{"collapsed":true,"widgets":["debugger-sidebar"]},"relativeSizes":[0.16362230919765167,0.8363776908023483,0]},"file-browser-filebrowser:cwd":{"path":""},"workspace-ui:lastSave":"/default.jupyterlab-workspace","markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md":{"data":{"path":"Welcome.md","factory":"Markdown Preview"}},"dask-dashboard-launcher:/individual-task-stream":{"data":{"route":"/individual-task-stream","label":"Task Stream","key":"Task Stream"}},"dask-dashboard-launcher:/individual-progress":{"data":{"route":"/individual-progress","label":"Progress","key":"Progress"}},"dask-dashboard-launcher":{"url":"DASK_DASHBOARD_URL","cluster":""}},"metadata":{"id":"default","last_modified":"2021-12-20T20:41:35.169956+00:00","created":"2021-12-20T20:41:35.169956+00:00"}}
diff --git a/binder/jupyterlab-workspace.json b/binder/jupyterlab-workspace.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 235914fd..00000000
--- a/binder/jupyterlab-workspace.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "data": {
-    "file-browser-filebrowser:cwd": {
-      "path": ""
-    },
-    "dask-dashboard-launcher:individual-progress": {
-      "data": {
-        "route": "individual-progress",
-        "label": "Progress"
-      }
-    },
-    "dask-dashboard-launcher:individual-task-stream": {
-      "data": {
-        "route": "individual-task-stream",
-        "label": "Task Stream"
-      }
-    },
-    "layout-restorer:data": {
-      "main": {
-        "dock": {
-          "type": "split-area",
-          "orientation": "horizontal",
-          "sizes": [
-            0.5,
-            0.5
-          ],
-          "children": [
-            {
-              "type": "tab-area",
-              "currentIndex": 0,
-              "widgets": [
-                "markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md"
-              ]
-            },
-            {
-              "type": "split-area",
-              "orientation": "vertical",
-              "sizes": [
-                0.67,
-                0.33
-              ],
-              "children": [
-                {
-                  "type": "tab-area",
-                  "currentIndex": 0,
-                  "widgets": [
-                    "dask-dashboard-launcher:individual-task-stream"
-                  ]
-                },
-                {
-                  "type": "tab-area",
-                  "currentIndex": 0,
-                  "widgets": [
-                    "dask-dashboard-launcher:individual-progress"
-                  ]
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-          ]
-        },
-        "mode": "multiple-document",
-        "current": "markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md"
-      },
-      "left": {
-        "collapsed": false,
-        "current": "filebrowser",
-        "widgets": [
-          "filebrowser",
-          "running-sessions",
-          "dask-dashboard-launcher",
-          "command-palette",
-          "tab-manager"
-        ]
-      },
-      "right": {
-        "collapsed": true,
-        "widgets": []
-      }
-    },
-    "markdownviewer-widget:Welcome.md": {
-      "data": {
-        "path": "Welcome.md",
-        "factory": "Markdown Preview"
-      }
-    },
-    "dask-dashboard-launcher": {
-      "url": "DASK_DASHBOARD_URL",
-      "cluster": ""
-    }
-  },
-  "metadata": {
-    "id": "/lab"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
deleted file mode 100755
index 8329dbaa..00000000
--- a/binder/postBuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Install the JupyterLab dask-labextension
-# TODO: Unpin dask-labextension version once extensions have been made compatibility updates
-jupyter labextension install dask-labextension
diff --git a/binder/start b/binder/start
index ed8d530f..e0ca9912 100644
--- a/binder/start
+++ b/binder/start
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Replace DASK_DASHBOARD_URL with the proxy location
-sed -i -e "s|DASK_DASHBOARD_URL|${JUPYTERHUB_BASE_URL}user/${JUPYTERHUB_USER}/proxy/8787|g" binder/jupyterlab-workspace.json
+sed -i -e "s|DASK_DASHBOARD_URL|${JUPYTERHUB_BASE_URL}user/${JUPYTERHUB_USER}/proxy/8787|g" binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace
 
+# TODO: Importing of workspace via CLI is currently broken.
+# remove this workaround once https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/10805 is resolved
+mkdir -p ~/.jupyter/lab/workspaces/
+mv binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace ~/.jupyter/lab/workspaces/default-37a8.jupyterlab-workspace
 # Import the workspace
-jupyter lab workspaces import binder/jupyterlab-workspace.json
+# jupyter lab workspaces import binder/example.jupyterlab-workspace
 
 exec "$@"