diff --git a/notebooks/community/prediction/custom_prediction_routines/SDK_Triton_PyTorch_Local_Prediction.ipynb b/notebooks/community/prediction/custom_prediction_routines/SDK_Triton_PyTorch_Local_Prediction.ipynb
index ec6aba9db..4fb8e5b3c 100644
--- a/notebooks/community/prediction/custom_prediction_routines/SDK_Triton_PyTorch_Local_Prediction.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/community/prediction/custom_prediction_routines/SDK_Triton_PyTorch_Local_Prediction.ipynb
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@
       "source": [
         "from google.cloud.aiplatform.prediction import LocalModel\n",
         "\n",
-        "local_model = LocalModel.create(\n",
+        "local_model = LocalModel(\n",
         "    serving_container_image_uri=f\"nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:{TRITON_VERSION}-py3\",\n",
         "    serving_container_predict_route=f\"/v2/models/{MODEL_NAME}/infer\",\n",
         "    serving_container_health_route=f\"/v2/models/{MODEL_NAME}\",\n",