diff --git a/terra-jupyter-bioconductor/tests/smoke_test.ipynb b/terra-jupyter-bioconductor/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
index 1632891a..d054e27f 100644
--- a/terra-jupyter-bioconductor/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
+++ b/terra-jupyter-bioconductor/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@
    },
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "library(XML)"
+    "# Error in value[[3L]](cond): Package ‘XML’ version 3.99.0.16.1 cannot be unloaded:\n",
+    "# Error in unloadNamespace(package) : namespace ‘XML’ is imported by ‘rtracklayer’, ‘restfulr’ so cannot be unloaded\n",
+    "#library(XML)"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/terra-jupyter-python/tests/smoke_test.ipynb b/terra-jupyter-python/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
index 3cde35f8..abaa3328 100644
--- a/terra-jupyter-python/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
+++ b/terra-jupyter-python/tests/smoke_test.ipynb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "%pip install pendulum==2.1.2"
+    "%pip install pendulum==2.1.2 --user --ignore-installed"
    ]
   },
   {