diff --git a/py/kubeflow/examples/notebook_tests/execute_notebook.py b/py/kubeflow/examples/notebook_tests/execute_notebook.py
index 31b30532c..05dcc9274 100644
--- a/py/kubeflow/examples/notebook_tests/execute_notebook.py
+++ b/py/kubeflow/examples/notebook_tests/execute_notebook.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from kubeflow.testing import util
 
 def prepare_env():
-  subprocess.check_call(["pip3", "install", "-U", "papermill"])
+  subprocess.check_call(["pip3", "install", "-Iv", "papermill==2.0.0"])
   subprocess.check_call(["pip3", "install", "-U", "nbconvert"])
   subprocess.check_call(["pip3", "install", "-U", "nbformat"])