diff --git a/tljh/installer.py b/tljh/installer.py
index 1fed0ff..b18e2ac 100644
--- a/tljh/installer.py
+++ b/tljh/installer.py
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ def ensure_jupyterlab_extensions():
     Install the JupyterLab extensions we want.
     """
     extensions = [
-        '@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager@1.1' # for jupyterlab 1.2.x
+        # We don't pin versions here, since labextension will find something
+        # appropriate for our version of jupyterlab
+        '@jupyter-widgets/jupyterlab-manager'
     ]
     install_options = [
         '--no-build'   # do not build extension at install time. Will build later
diff --git a/tljh/requirements-base.txt b/tljh/requirements-base.txt
index ea0e45c..9312b44 100644
--- a/tljh/requirements-base.txt
+++ b/tljh/requirements-base.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 jupyterhub==1.0.*
 notebook==6.0.*
 # Install additional notebook frontends!
-jupyterlab==1.2.*
+jupyterlab==2.*
 nteract-on-jupyter==2.1.*
 # nbgitpuller for easily pulling in Git repositories
 nbgitpuller==0.7.*