diff --git a/examples/jupyter/ex1.ipynb b/examples/jupyter/ex1.ipynb
index 6d01f832..bcfe50ab 100644
--- a/examples/jupyter/ex1.ipynb
+++ b/examples/jupyter/ex1.ipynb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Pip installs pyglvis (and pymfem) if in a colab notebook. Can comment out if not required\n",
-    "!pip install --quiet glvis\n",
+    "%pip install --quiet mfem==4.8.0 glvis\n",
     "from glvis import glvis, GlvisData"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/examples/jupyter/ex9.ipynb b/examples/jupyter/ex9.ipynb
index cfc44e28..fb17c8c2 100644
--- a/examples/jupyter/ex9.ipynb
+++ b/examples/jupyter/ex9.ipynb
@@ -37,16 +37,13 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Pip installs pyglvis (and pymfem) if in a colab notebook. Can comment out if not required\n",
-    "!pip install --quiet glvis\n",
-    "from __future__ import print_function\n",
-    "from os.path import expanduser, join\n",
+    "%pip install --quiet mfem==4.8.0 glvis\n",
     "import time\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "from numpy import sqrt, pi, cos, sin, hypot, arctan2\n",
     "from scipy.special import erfc\n",
     "import mfem.ser as mfem\n",
-    "from mfem.ser import intArray\n",
-    "from glvis import glvis"
+    "from glvis import glvis, GlvisData"
    ]
   },
   {