diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 766e26d9..617e4732 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,18 +21,16 @@ conda create -n movement-env -c conda-forge python=3.11 pytables
 conda activate movement-env
 ```
 
-Then install the `movement` package:
+Then install the core `movement` package:
 ```
 pip install movement
 ```
 
 If you want to use the graphical user interface (GUI), which is provided via
-a [`napari`](https://napari.org/) plugin, run these commands instead:
+a [`napari`](https://napari.org/) plugin, run this command instead:
 
 ```
-conda create -n movement-env -c conda-forge python=3.11 pytables napari pyqt
-conda activate movement-env
-pip install movement[napari]
+pip install "movement[napari]"
 ```
 
 > [!Note]
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started/installation.md b/docs/source/getting_started/installation.md
index 4ae5f519..33db1d53 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started/installation.md
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started/installation.md
@@ -19,16 +19,6 @@ conda create -n movement-env -c conda-forge python=3.11 pytables
 conda activate movement-env
 ```
 
-If you want to use the graphical user interface (GUI), which is provided via
-a [`napari`](napari:) plugin, you'd also need to include `napari` and `pyqt`
-in the environment:
-
-```sh
-conda create -n movement-env -c conda-forge python=3.11 pytables napari pyqt
-conda activate movement-env
-```
-
-
 ## Install the package
 
 Then install the `movement` package as described below.
@@ -53,13 +43,13 @@ pip install --upgrade movement
 To install the package including the GUI (napari plugin) from PyPI:
 
 ```sh
-pip install movement[napari]
+pip install "movement[napari]"
 ```
 If you have an older version of `movement` installed in the same environment,
 you can update to the latest version with:
 
 ```sh
-pip install --upgrade movement[napari]
+pip install --upgrade "movement[napari]"
 ```
 :::
 
@@ -70,7 +60,7 @@ and then run from inside the repository:
 
 ```sh
 pip install -e .[dev]  # works on most shells
-pip install -e '.[dev]'  # works on zsh (the default shell on macOS)
+pip install -e ".[dev]"  # works on zsh (the default shell on macOS)
 ```
 
 This will install the package in editable mode, including all `dev` dependencies.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c97f166..921c30d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ entry-points."napari.manifest".movement = "movement.napari:napari.yaml"
 "User Support" = "https://neuroinformatics.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/406001-Movement"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-# will change to brainglobe-utils[qt]>=0.6 after release
 napari = [
+  "napari[all]>=0.4.19",
+  # the rest will be replaced by brainglobe-utils[qt]>=0.6 after release
   "brainglobe-atlasapi>=2.0.7",
   "brainglobe-utils>=0.5",
   "qtpy",
@@ -162,8 +163,6 @@ python =
 [testenv]
 conda_deps =
     pytables
-    napari>=0.4.19
-    pyqt
 conda_channels =
     conda-forge
 passenv =