diff --git a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
index 927226c2..d14407d3 100644
--- a/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 # Julia dependencies
 # install Julia packages in /opt/julia instead of $HOME
 ENV JULIA_PKGDIR=/opt/julia
-ENV JULIA_VERSION=0.6.2
+ENV JULIA_VERSION=1.0.0
 
 RUN mkdir /opt/julia-${JULIA_VERSION} && \
     cd /tmp && \
     wget -q https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/`echo ${JULIA_VERSION} | cut -d. -f 1,2`/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && \
-    echo "dc6ec0b13551ce78083a5849268b20684421d46a7ec46b17ec1fab88a5078580 *julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
+    echo "bea4570d7358016d8ed29d2c15787dbefaea3e746c570763e7ad6040f17831f3 *julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c - && \
     tar xzf julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt/julia-${JULIA_VERSION} --strip-components=1 && \
     rm /tmp/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
 RUN ln -fs /opt/julia-*/bin/julia /usr/local/bin/julia
@@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ RUN conda install --quiet --yes \
 # Install IJulia as jovyan and then move the kernelspec out
 # to the system share location. Avoids problems with runtime UID change not
 # taking effect properly on the .local folder in the jovyan home dir.
-RUN julia -e 'Pkg.init()' && \
-    julia -e 'Pkg.update()' && \
-    (test $TEST_ONLY_BUILD || julia -e 'Pkg.add("HDF5")') && \
-    julia -e 'Pkg.add("Gadfly")' && \
-    julia -e 'Pkg.add("RDatasets")' && \
-    julia -e 'Pkg.add("IJulia")' && \
+RUN julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.update()' && \
+    (test $TEST_ONLY_BUILD || julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add("HDF5")') && \
+    julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add("Gadfly")' && \
+    julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add("RDatasets")' && \
+    julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add("IJulia")' && \
     # Precompile Julia packages \
     julia -e 'using IJulia' && \
     # move kernelspec out of home \