If you’ve upgraded an existing Python interpreter with a minor point upgrade—e.g., from Python 3.11.1 to Python 3.11.3—you can upgrade any corresponding virtual environments easily enough.

To upgrade Python in a virtual environment, simply navigate to the virtual environment directory and enter venv --upgrade. Again, note that this works best only for minor point revision upgrades .

When you finish working in the virtual environment, you can type deactivate to return to your global Python environment. You can then open a different environment to work on another project.

Virtual environments are an important tool in modern programming, particularly for developers and IT professionals. They are ...