diff --git a/author_guideline_template.ipynb b/author_guideline_template.ipynb
index 82f0c8f1927c1bea118106e7920ba26e6fe6285e..835748d2aaf71ede4facab50fe00ecfc3f50cb84 100644
--- a/author_guideline_template.ipynb
+++ b/author_guideline_template.ipynb
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@
    },
    "source": []
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Check your Python version\n",
+    "from platform import python_version\n",
+    "python_version()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "#!python -V"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,