diff --git a/algorithmic_efficiency/pytorch_utils.py b/algorithmic_efficiency/pytorch_utils.py
index f1d29b11f..4c5529ae1 100644
--- a/algorithmic_efficiency/pytorch_utils.py
+++ b/algorithmic_efficiency/pytorch_utils.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def pytorch_init(use_pytorch_ddp: bool, rank: int, profiler: Profiler) -> None:
   # Only use CPU for Jax to avoid memory issues.
   # Setting the corresponding environment variable here has no effect; it has to
   # be done before jax and tensorflow (!) are imported for the first time.
-  os.environ['JAX_PLATFORMS'] = 'cpu'
-  jax.config.update('jax_platforms', 'cpu')
+  # os.environ['JAX_PLATFORMS'] = 'cpu'
+  jax.config.update('jax_platform_name', 'cpu')
   # From the docs: "(...) causes cuDNN to benchmark multiple convolution
   # algorithms and select the fastest."
   torch.backends.cudnn.benchmark = True