diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/io/_base_renderers.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/io/_base_renderers.py
index 10226ad71e0..d93691a2b21 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/io/_base_renderers.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/io/_base_renderers.py
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ def render(self, fig_dict):
         filename_html = filename_root + ".html"
         filename_png = filename_root + ".png"
         figure = return_figure_from_figure_or_data(fig_dict, True)
-        _ = write_html(fig_dict, file=filename_html)
+        _ = write_html(fig_dict, file=filename_html, include_plotlyjs="cdn")
         try:
             write_image(figure, filename_png)
         except (ValueError, ImportError):