diff --git a/examples/conftest.py b/examples/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f738cc33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import holoviews as hv
+
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+
+collect_ignore_glob = []
+
+
+# 2023-10: https://github.com/holoviz/hvplot/pull/1164
+if Version(hv.__version__) == Version("1.18.0a4"):
+    collect_ignore_glob += [
+        "reference/xarray/contourf.ipynb",
+        "user_guide/Geographic_Data.ipynb",
+    ]
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testinteractive.py b/hvplot/tests/testinteractive.py
index 25607ff87..c06799305 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testinteractive.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testinteractive.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from hvplot import bind
 from hvplot.interactive import Interactive
 from hvplot.xarray import XArrayInteractive
-from hvplot.util import bokeh3
+from hvplot.util import bokeh3, param2
 
 is_bokeh2 = pytest.mark.skipif(bokeh3, reason="requires bokeh 2.x")
 is_bokeh3 = pytest.mark.skipif(not bokeh3, reason="requires bokeh 3.x")
@@ -1382,7 +1382,10 @@ def test_interactive_pandas_series_widget_value(series):
     assert isinstance(si._current, pd.DataFrame)
     pd.testing.assert_series_equal(si._current.A, series + w.value)
     assert si._obj is series
-    assert "dim('*').pd+<param.Number object" in repr(si._transform)
+    if param2:
+        assert "dim('*').pd+<param.parameters.Number object" in repr(si._transform)
+    else:
+        assert "dim('*').pd+<param.Number object" in repr(si._transform)
     assert si._depth == 2
     assert si._method is None
 
diff --git a/hvplot/util.py b/hvplot/util.py
index 0d1f311d3..d4f748637 100644
--- a/hvplot/util.py
+++ b/hvplot/util.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 hv_version = Version(hv.__version__)
 bokeh_version = Version(bokeh.__version__)
 bokeh3 = bokeh_version >= Version("3.0")
+param2 = Version(param.__version__) >= Version("2.0rc4")
 
 
 def with_hv_extension(func, extension='bokeh', logo=False):