diff --git a/docs/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
index ba8b7c95ad..2ad4876e28 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
  "cells": [
   {
-   "attachments": {},
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# %pip install segment-geospatial"
+    "# %pip install segment-geospatial pycrs"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -130,7 +129,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "Map.add_raster(\"annotations.tif\", alpha=0.5, layer_name=\"Masks\")\n",
+    "Map.add_raster(\"annotations.tif\", opacity=0.5, layer_name=\"Masks\")\n",
     "Map"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/examples/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb b/examples/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
index 13dde37544..2ad4876e28 100644
--- a/examples/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
+++ b/examples/notebooks/135_segmentation.ipynb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "# %pip install segment-geospatial"
+    "# %pip install segment-geospatial pycrs"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "Map.add_raster(\"annotations.tif\", alpha=0.5, layer_name=\"Masks\")\n",
+    "Map.add_raster(\"annotations.tif\", opacity=0.5, layer_name=\"Masks\")\n",
     "Map"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/geemap/common.py b/geemap/common.py
index 1ac698d8dd..6497159d6e 100644
--- a/geemap/common.py
+++ b/geemap/common.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def ee_initialize(
         ee_token = os.environ.get(token_name)
         if in_colab_shell():
             from google.colab import userdata
+
             try:
                 ee_token = userdata.get(token_name)
             except Exception:
@@ -10651,6 +10652,9 @@ def get_local_tile_layer(
     if "cmap" not in kwargs:
         kwargs["cmap"] = palette
 
+    if "alpha" in kwargs:
+        kwargs["opacity"] = float(kwargs["alpha"])
+
     with output:
         tile_client = TileClient(source, port=port, debug=debug)
 
@@ -15481,8 +15485,8 @@ def geotiff_to_image(image: str, output: str) -> None:
         data = dataset.read()
 
         # Convert the image data to 8-bit format (assuming it's not already)
-        if dataset.dtypes[0] != 'uint8':
-            data = (data / data.max() * 255).astype('uint8')
+        if dataset.dtypes[0] != "uint8":
+            data = (data / data.max() * 255).astype("uint8")
 
         # Convert the image data to RGB format if it's a single band image
         if dataset.count == 1: