diff --git a/qa/L0_backend_python/env/test.sh b/qa/L0_backend_python/env/test.sh
index 657a1a57f8..aeba2691cf 100755
--- a/qa/L0_backend_python/env/test.sh
+++ b/qa/L0_backend_python/env/test.sh
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ cp python3.6.tar.gz models/python_3_6/python_3_6_environment.tar.gz
           echo "parameters: {key: \"EXECUTION_ENV_PATH\", value: {string_value: \"$path_to_conda_pack\"}}" >> config.pbtxt)
 cp ../../python_models/python_version/model.py ./models/python_3_6/1/
 cp python_backend/builddir/triton_python_backend_stub ./models/python_3_6
+conda deactivate
 
 # Test conda env without custom Python backend stub This environment should
 # always use the default Python version shipped in the container. For Ubuntu 22.04
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ cp python3.10.tar.gz models/python_3_10/python_3_10_environment.tar.gz
           sed -i "s/^name:.*/name: \"python_3_10\"/" config.pbtxt && \
           echo "parameters: {key: \"EXECUTION_ENV_PATH\", value: {string_value: \"$path_to_conda_pack\"}}" >> config.pbtxt)
 cp ../../python_models/python_version/model.py ./models/python_3_10/1/
+conda deactivate
 rm -rf ./miniconda
 
 run_server
diff --git a/qa/L0_backend_python/examples/test.sh b/qa/L0_backend_python/examples/test.sh
index bbad8b5bfd..19acd4f127 100755
--- a/qa/L0_backend_python/examples/test.sh
+++ b/qa/L0_backend_python/examples/test.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rm -fr *.log python_backend/
 # Skip torch and torchvision install on Jetson since it is already installed.
 if [ "$TEST_JETSON" == "0" ]; then
     pip3 uninstall -y torch
-    pip3 install torch==1.13.0+cu117 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html torchvision==0.14.0+cu117
+    pip3 install torch==2.0.0+cu117 -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html torchvision==0.15.0+cu117
 fi
 
 # Install `validators` for Model Instance Kind example
diff --git a/qa/L0_backend_python/setup_python_enviroment.sh b/qa/L0_backend_python/setup_python_enviroment.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6e87564378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/L0_backend_python/setup_python_enviroment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#  * Neither the name of NVIDIA CORPORATION nor the names of its
+#    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+# CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+# EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
+# OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+RET=0
+set -e
+if [ ${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} = "10" ]; then
+    echo No need to set up anything for default python3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}
+    exit $RET
+fi
+
+source common.sh
+source ../common/util.sh
+
+SERVER=/opt/tritonserver/bin/tritonserver
+BASE_SERVER_ARGS="--model-repository=`pwd`/models --log-verbose=1 --disable-auto-complete-config"
+PYTHON_BACKEND_BRANCH=$PYTHON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG
+SERVER_ARGS=$BASE_SERVER_ARGS
+SERVER_LOG="./inference_server.log"
+export PYTHON_ENV_VERSION=${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION:="10"}
+RET=0
+EXPECTED_VERSION_STRINGS=""
+
+rm -fr ./models
+rm -rf *.tar.gz
+install_build_deps
+install_conda
+
+# Test other python versions
+conda update -n base -c defaults conda -y
+# Create a model with python 3.8 version
+# Successful execution of the Python model indicates that the environment has
+# been setup correctly.
+if [ ${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} = "8" ]; then
+    create_conda_env "3.8" "python-3-8"
+    conda install -c conda-forge libstdcxx-ng=12 -y
+    conda install numpy=1.23.4 -y
+    conda install tensorflow=2.10.0 -y
+    EXPECTED_VERSION_STRING="Python version is 3.8, NumPy version is 1.23.4, and Tensorflow version is 2.10.0"
+    create_python_backend_stub
+    conda-pack -o python3.8.tar.gz
+    path_to_conda_pack="$PWD/python-3-8"
+    mkdir -p $path_to_conda_pack
+    tar -xzf python3.8.tar.gz -C $path_to_conda_pack
+    mkdir -p models/python_3_8/1/
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/config.pbtxt ./models/python_3_8
+    (cd models/python_3_8 && \
+            sed -i "s/^name:.*/name: \"python_3_8\"/" config.pbtxt && \
+            echo "parameters: {key: \"EXECUTION_ENV_PATH\", value: {string_value: \"$path_to_conda_pack\"}}">> config.pbtxt)
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/model.py ./models/python_3_8/1/
+    cp python_backend/builddir/triton_python_backend_stub ./models/python_3_8
+fi
+
+# Create a model with python 3.9 version
+# Successful execution of the Python model indicates that the environment has
+# been setup correctly.
+if [ ${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} = "9" ]; then
+    create_conda_env "3.9" "python-3-9"
+    conda install -c conda-forge libstdcxx-ng=12 -y
+    conda install numpy=1.23.4 -y
+    conda install tensorflow=2.10.0 -y
+    EXPECTED_VERSION_STRING="Python version is 3.9, NumPy version is 1.23.4, and Tensorflow version is 2.10.0"
+    create_python_backend_stub
+    conda-pack -o python3.9.tar.gz
+    path_to_conda_pack="$PWD/python-3-9"
+    mkdir -p $path_to_conda_pack
+    tar -xzf python3.9.tar.gz -C $path_to_conda_pack
+    mkdir -p models/python_3_9/1/
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/config.pbtxt ./models/python_3_9
+    (cd models/python_3_9 && \
+            sed -i "s/^name:.*/name: \"python_3_9\"/" config.pbtxt && \
+            echo "parameters: {key: \"EXECUTION_ENV_PATH\", value: {string_value: \"$path_to_conda_pack\"}}">> config.pbtxt)
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/model.py ./models/python_3_9/1/
+    cp python_backend/builddir/triton_python_backend_stub ./models/python_3_9
+fi
+
+# Create a model with python 3.11 version
+# Successful execution of the Python model indicates that the environment has
+# been setup correctly.
+if [ ${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} = "11" ]; then
+    create_conda_env "3.11" "python-3-11"
+    # tensorflow needs to be installed before numpy so pip does not mess up conda
+    # environment
+    pip install tensorflow==2.12.0
+    conda install -c conda-forge libstdcxx-ng=12 -y
+    conda install numpy=1.23.5 -y
+    EXPECTED_VERSION_STRING="Python version is 3.11, NumPy version is 1.23.5, and Tensorflow version is 2.12.0"
+    create_python_backend_stub
+    conda-pack -o python3.11.tar.gz
+    path_to_conda_pack="$PWD/python-3-11"
+    mkdir -p $path_to_conda_pack
+    tar -xzf python3.11.tar.gz -C $path_to_conda_pack
+    mkdir -p models/python_3_11/1/
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/config.pbtxt ./models/python_3_11
+    (cd models/python_3_11 && \
+            sed -i "s/^name:.*/name: \"python_3_11\"/" config.pbtxt && \
+            echo "parameters: {key: \"EXECUTION_ENV_PATH\", value: {string_value: \"$path_to_conda_pack\"}}">> config.pbtxt)
+    cp ../python_models/python_version/model.py ./models/python_3_11/1/
+    cp python_backend/builddir/triton_python_backend_stub ./models/python_3_11
+fi
+conda deactivate
+rm -rf ./miniconda
+
+# test that
+set +e
+run_server
+if [ "$SERVER_PID" == "0" ]; then
+    echo -e "\n***\n*** Failed to start $SERVER\n***"
+    cat $SERVER_LOG
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+kill $SERVER_PID
+wait $SERVER_PID
+
+grep "$EXPECTED_VERSION_STRING" $SERVER_LOG
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    cat $SERVER_LOG
+    echo -e "\n***\n*** $EXPECTED_VERSION_STRING was not found in Triton logs. \n***"
+    RET=1
+fi
+set -e
+
+echo "python environment 3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}"
+# copy the stub out to /opt/tritonserver/backends/python/triton_python_backend_stub
+cp python_backend/builddir/triton_python_backend_stub /opt/tritonserver/backends/python/triton_python_backend_stub
+# Set up environment and stub for each test
+add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa -y
+apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
+                            "python3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}-dev" \
+                            "python3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}-distutils" \
+                            libboost-dev
+rm -f /usr/bin/python3 && \
+ln -s "/usr/bin/python3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}" /usr/bin/python3 && \
+rm -r /usr/bin/python3.10
+pip3 install --upgrade install requests numpy virtualenv
+find /opt/tritonserver/qa/pkgs/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name \
+    "tritonclient-*linux*.whl" | xargs printf -- '%s[all]' | \
+    xargs pip3 install --upgrade
+
+# Build triton-shm-monitor for the test
+cd python_backend && rm -rf install build && mkdir build && cd build && \
+    cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$PWD/install \
+        -DTRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG:STRING=${TRITON_COMMON_REPO_TAG} \
+        -DTRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG:STRING=${TRITON_CORE_REPO_TAG} \
+        -DTRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG:STRING=${TRITON_BACKEND_REPO_TAG} .. && \
+    make -j16 triton-shm-monitor install
+cp $PWD/install/backends/python/triton_shm_monitor.cpython-* /opt/tritonserver/qa/common/.
+set +e
+exit $RET
diff --git a/qa/L0_backend_python/test.sh b/qa/L0_backend_python/test.sh
index 9453420a3c..af8000b2aa 100755
--- a/qa/L0_backend_python/test.sh
+++ b/qa/L0_backend_python/test.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ SERVER=${TRITON_DIR}/bin/tritonserver
 export BACKEND_DIR=${TRITON_DIR}/backends
 export TEST_JETSON=${TEST_JETSON:=0}
 export CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0
+export PYTHON_ENV_VERSION=${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION:="10"}
 
 BASE_SERVER_ARGS="--model-repository=`pwd`/models --backend-directory=${BACKEND_DIR} --log-verbose=1"
 # Set the default byte size to 5MBs to avoid going out of shared memory. The
@@ -61,6 +62,20 @@ source ./common.sh
 
 rm -fr *.log ./models
 
+python3 --version | grep "3.10" > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "Expecting Python default version to be: Python 3.10 but actual version is $(python3 --version)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+(bash -ex setup_python_enviroment.sh)
+
+python3 --version | grep "3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION}" > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo -e "Expecting Python version to be: Python 3.${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} but actual version is $(python3 --version)"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 mkdir -p models/identity_fp32/1/
 cp ../python_models/identity_fp32/model.py ./models/identity_fp32/1/model.py
 cp ../python_models/identity_fp32/config.pbtxt ./models/identity_fp32/config.pbtxt
@@ -397,12 +412,14 @@ if [ "$TEST_JETSON" == "0" ]; then
         rm -fr venv
     done
 
-    # In 'env' test we use miniconda for dependency management. No need to run
-    # the test in a virtual environment.
-    (cd env && bash -ex test.sh)
-    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-        echo "Subtest env FAILED"
-        RET=1
+    if [ ${PYTHON_ENV_VERSION} = "10" ]; then
+        # In 'env' test we use miniconda for dependency management. No need to run
+        # the test in a virtual environment.
+        (cd env && bash -ex test.sh)
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+            echo "Subtest env FAILED"
+            RET=1
+        fi
     fi
 fi