diff --git a/charts/jupyterlab/Chart.yaml b/charts/jupyterlab/Chart.yaml
index fadd6799..28277baf 100644
--- a/charts/jupyterlab/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/jupyterlab/Chart.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.3.5
+version: 0.3.6
 
 dependencies:
   - name: library-chart
diff --git a/charts/jupyterlab/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/jupyterlab/templates/statefulset.yaml
index d7ddaee6..56783e70 100644
--- a/charts/jupyterlab/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/jupyterlab/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.environment.group }}
             - name: ROOT_PROJECT_DIRECTORY
               value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work
+            - name: POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_IN_PROJECT
+              value: "true"
+            - name: JUPYTER_DATA_DIR
+              value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work/.jupyter
             - name: STAT_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_REFERENCE
               value: "1.1.6"
             - name: JUPYTERHUB_HTTP_REFERER
diff --git a/charts/rstudio/Chart.yaml b/charts/rstudio/Chart.yaml
index fc5ca018..be85e915 100644
--- a/charts/rstudio/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/rstudio/Chart.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.3.4
+version: 0.3.5
 
 dependencies:
   - name: library-chart
diff --git a/charts/rstudio/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/rstudio/templates/statefulset.yaml
index f2b42661..2f7b3888 100644
--- a/charts/rstudio/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/rstudio/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.environment.group }}
             - name: ROOT_PROJECT_DIRECTORY
               value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work
+            - name: RENV_PATHS_LIBRARY
+              value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work/.renv
+            - name: RENV_PATHS_CACHE
+              value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work/.renv/cache
             {{- if .Values.init.regionInit }}
             - name: REGION_INIT_SCRIPT
               value: {{ .Values.init.regionInit }}
diff --git a/charts/vscode-python/Chart.yaml b/charts/vscode-python/Chart.yaml
index c6e99d8b..5eab71a6 100644
--- a/charts/vscode-python/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/vscode-python/Chart.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.3.4
+version: 0.3.5
 
 dependencies:
   - name: library-chart
diff --git a/charts/vscode-python/templates/statefulset.yaml b/charts/vscode-python/templates/statefulset.yaml
index e991fe3f..a3111ba7 100644
--- a/charts/vscode-python/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/charts/vscode-python/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.environment.group }}
             - name: ROOT_PROJECT_DIRECTORY
               value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work
+            - name: POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_IN_PROJECT
+              value: "true"
+            - name: JUPYTER_DATA_DIR
+              value: /home/{{ .Values.environment.user }}/work/.jupyter
             - name: STAT_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_REFERENCE
               value: "1.1.6"
           envFrom: