Why we need to update? Many major library require minimum python version at least 3.8 but Colab still on python 3.7. ðĒ Solution: Thanks to the condacolab team who make it possible. ð Step1: ! pip install -q https://github . com/conda-incubator/condacolab/archive/main . tar . gz Step2: import condacolab condacolab.install_from_url ( "https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/ \ releases/download/4.14.0-0/Mambaforge-4.14.0-0-Linux-x86_64.sh" ) Step3: import sys sys.version You will see 3.10.6 | packaged by conda-forge ... ð Step4: ! pip install metpy Step5: import metpy metpy.__version__ You will see 1.3.1 ð Example notebook: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Q1Bf7c7METigE7Bg5FhxdB33cXi470mM?usp=sharing