diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bf955097fec..cbef565d359 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "jupyter",
-    "version": "2024.3.0",
+    "version": "2024.3.1",
     "lockfileVersion": 2,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "jupyter",
-            "version": "2024.3.0",
+            "version": "2024.3.1",
             "hasInstallScript": true,
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd37b679c97..cf54479e3b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "jupyter",
     "displayName": "Jupyter",
-    "version": "2024.3.0",
+    "version": "2024.3.1",
     "description": "Jupyter notebook support, interactive programming and computing that supports Intellisense, debugging and more.",
     "publisher": "ms-toolsai",
     "author": {
diff --git a/src/platform/api/types.ts b/src/platform/api/types.ts
index 8e0fe50e3dd..a53fb64ac6e 100644
--- a/src/platform/api/types.ts
+++ b/src/platform/api/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Event, Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { Resource } from '../common/types';
 import type { SemVer } from 'semver';
 import { PythonVersion } from '../pythonEnvironments/info/pythonVersion';
-import { PythonExtension } from '@vscode/python-extension';
+import { PythonExtension, type Environment } from '@vscode/python-extension';
 
 export const IPythonApiProvider = Symbol('IPythonApi');
 export interface IPythonApiProvider {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export interface PythonApi {
      */
     getActivatedEnvironmentVariables(
         resource: Resource,
-        interpreter: PythonEnvironment_PythonApi,
+        interpreter: Environment,
         allowExceptions?: boolean
     ): Promise<NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined>;
     /**
diff --git a/src/platform/interpreter/environmentActivationService.node.ts b/src/platform/interpreter/environmentActivationService.node.ts
index cd1c2d56ad1..d84b797b5e3 100644
--- a/src/platform/interpreter/environmentActivationService.node.ts
+++ b/src/platform/interpreter/environmentActivationService.node.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { KernelProgressReporter } from '../progress/kernelProgressReporter';
 import { Telemetry } from '../common/constants';
 import { ignoreLogging, logValue, traceDecoratorVerbose, traceError, traceVerbose, traceWarning } from '../logging';
 import { TraceOptions } from '../logging/types';
-import { pythonEnvToJupyterEnv, serializePythonEnvironment } from '../api/pythonApi';
 import { GlobalPythonExecutablePathService } from './globalPythonExePathService.node';
 import { noop } from '../common/utils/misc';
 import { CancellationToken, workspace } from 'vscode';
@@ -166,22 +165,16 @@ export class EnvironmentActivationService implements IEnvironmentActivationServi
         let failureEx: Error | undefined;
 
         let env = await this.apiProvider.getApi().then((api) =>
-            api
-                .getActivatedEnvironmentVariables(
-                    resource,
-                    serializePythonEnvironment(pythonEnvToJupyterEnv(environment))!,
-                    false
-                )
-                .catch((ex) => {
-                    traceError(
-                        `Failed to get activated env variables from Python Extension for ${getDisplayPath(
-                            environment.path
-                        )}`,
-                        ex
-                    );
-                    reasonForFailure = 'failedToGetActivatedEnvVariablesFromPython';
-                    return undefined;
-                })
+            api.getActivatedEnvironmentVariables(resource, environment, false).catch((ex) => {
+                traceError(
+                    `Failed to get activated env variables from Python Extension for ${getDisplayPath(
+                        environment.path
+                    )}`,
+                    ex
+                );
+                reasonForFailure = 'failedToGetActivatedEnvVariablesFromPython';
+                return undefined;
+            })
         );
         if (token?.isCancellationRequested) {
             return;