Error when "import tensorflow as tf" in colab

Question

When I "import tensorflow as tf" in google colab I am getting the following error. Any idea how to fix it ?

RuntimeError: module compiled against API version 0xe but this version of numpy is 0xd
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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-37-07e0f991eb97> in <module>()
----> 1 import tensorflow as tf
      2 

3 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/tensorflow/python/client/pywrap_tf_session.py in <module>()
     17 # pylint: disable=invalid-import-order,g-bad-import-order, wildcard-import, unused-import
     18 from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
---> 19 from tensorflow.python.client._pywrap_tf_session import *
     20 from tensorflow.python.client._pywrap_tf_session import _TF_SetTarget
     21 from tensorflow.python.client._pywrap_tf_session import _TF_SetConfig

ImportError: SystemError: <built-in method __contains__ of dict object at 0x7f79368db0a0> returned a result with an error set

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Answer 1

This issue has been fixed now in 2.8.0 stable version. If it still persists ,please install Numpy 1.21.5 manually and Try again.

Answer 2

I've post a similar error on tensorflow github issue.

Tensorflow 2.8.0 | Error Message: ImportError: SystemError.

My solution (since I'm using conda environment on Windows 10), is to downgrade the Tensorflow version to 2.7.0. Hope help helps.