diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/nbtest/DatabricksUtilities.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/nbtest/DatabricksUtilities.scala
index 9c4fd67493..cc324f5e4d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/nbtest/DatabricksUtilities.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/nbtest/DatabricksUtilities.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ object DatabricksUtilities {
     Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "onnxmltools==1.7.0")),
     Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "lightgbm")),
     Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "mlflow")),
-    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "openai"))
+    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "openai")),
+    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "raiwidgets")),
+    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "itsdangerous==2.0.1")),
+    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "hyperopt")),
+    Map("pypi" -> Map("package" -> "scikit-learn"))
   ).toJson.compactPrint
 
   // TODO: install synapse.ml.dl wheel package here
diff --git a/notebooks/features/hyperparameter_tuning/HyperOpt-SynapseML.ipynb b/notebooks/features/hyperparameter_tuning/HyperOpt-SynapseML.ipynb
index b4637953e5..f8952e8a1c 100644
--- a/notebooks/features/hyperparameter_tuning/HyperOpt-SynapseML.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/features/hyperparameter_tuning/HyperOpt-SynapseML.ipynb
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "%pip install hyperopt\n",
-    "%pip install scikit-learn"
+    "# %pip install hyperopt\n",
+    "# %pip install scikit-learn"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/notebooks/features/isolation_forest/IsolationForest - Multivariate Anomaly Detection.ipynb b/notebooks/features/isolation_forest/IsolationForest - Multivariate Anomaly Detection.ipynb
index 91bfbb0ec3..624eeebbfa 100644
--- a/notebooks/features/isolation_forest/IsolationForest - Multivariate Anomaly Detection.ipynb	
+++ b/notebooks/features/isolation_forest/IsolationForest - Multivariate Anomaly Detection.ipynb	
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "%pip install raiwidgets\n",
-    "%pip install itsdangerous==2.0.1\n",
-    "%pip install interpret-community\n",
-    "%pip install --force-reinstall protobuf"
+    "# %pip install raiwidgets\n",
+    "# %pip install itsdangerous==2.0.1\n",
+    "# %pip install interpret-community"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/notebooks/features/responsible_ai/Interpretability - Explanation Dashboard.ipynb b/notebooks/features/responsible_ai/Interpretability - Explanation Dashboard.ipynb
index 0f83a16080..eb0e937004 100644
--- a/notebooks/features/responsible_ai/Interpretability - Explanation Dashboard.ipynb	
+++ b/notebooks/features/responsible_ai/Interpretability - Explanation Dashboard.ipynb	
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "%pip install raiwidgets\n",
-    "%pip install itsdangerous==2.0.1\n",
-    "%pip install interpret-community\n",
-    "%pip install --force-reinstall protobuf"
+    "# %pip install raiwidgets\n",
+    "# %pip install itsdangerous==2.0.1\n",
+    "# %pip install interpret-community"
    ]
   },
   {