diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index e919543f..d6d10695 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
   - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-  - python=3.11
+  - python=3.13
   - scipy
   - pyopengl
   - imageio
diff --git a/docs/scripting/conf.py b/docs/scripting/conf.py
index 6572bab0..fde7dd95 100644
--- a/docs/scripting/conf.py
+++ b/docs/scripting/conf.py
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@
 
 #this allows \AA to be used in equations 
 'preamble': '\\global\\renewcommand{\\AA}{\\text{\\r{A}}}',
+
+# Suppress auto-generated printindex at end; index is printed via scrpt-indices.rst
+'printindex': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
diff --git a/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst b/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
index 9436dcbf..3f9d2aed 100644
--- a/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
+++ b/docs/scripting/scrpt-indices.rst
@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@
 
 	  `General Index <./genindex.html>`_
 	  --------------------------------------------
+
+.. only:: latex
+
+    Index
+    =====
+
+    .. raw:: latex
+
+        \printindex
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 145eded3..59eaa337 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@
 
 #this allows \AA to be used in equations 
 'preamble': '\\global\\renewcommand{\\AA}{\\text{\\r{A}}}',
+
+# Suppress auto-generated printindex at end; index is printed via indices.rst
+'printindex': '',
 }
 
 # Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
diff --git a/docs/source/indices.rst b/docs/source/indices.rst
index cb046c52..7e5155c6 100644
--- a/docs/source/indices.rst
+++ b/docs/source/indices.rst
@@ -16,8 +16,4 @@
 
     .. raw:: latex
 
-        \renewcommand{\printindex}{%
-          \begin{theindex}
-          \printindex
-          \end{theindex}
-        }
+        \printindex