Yes, if you are running locally, then you may run into “versionitis” problems. The courses were last updated in April of 2021, so have the versions of everything from python all the way up to TF that were current then. The world of python does not hold still for very long. 
There are tools that are specifically designed to deal with this issue, e.g. conda (Anaconda), but they are not simple to use. There are no official instructions for duplicating the course environment, but here’s a thread with some good pointers to get you started.
But the simpler strategy is just to use the course website.