diff --git a/ultralytics/__init__.py b/ultralytics/__init__.py
index f9367776..dfcf2dbb 100644
--- a/ultralytics/__init__.py
+++ b/ultralytics/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Ultralytics 🚀 AGPL-3.0 License - https://ultralytics.com/license
 
-__version__ = "8.3.74"
+__version__ = "8.3.75"
 
 import os
 
diff --git a/ultralytics/utils/callbacks/comet.py b/ultralytics/utils/callbacks/comet.py
index 910e3c42..65c138bc 100644
--- a/ultralytics/utils/callbacks/comet.py
+++ b/ultralytics/utils/callbacks/comet.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Ultralytics 🚀 AGPL-3.0 License - https://ultralytics.com/license
 
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+
 from ultralytics.utils import LOGGER, RANK, SETTINGS, TESTS_RUNNING, ops
 from ultralytics.utils.metrics import ClassifyMetrics, DetMetrics, OBBMetrics, PoseMetrics, SegmentMetrics
 
@@ -29,9 +31,19 @@ except (ImportError, AssertionError):
     comet_ml = None
 
 
-def _get_comet_mode():
+def _get_comet_mode() -> str:
     """Returns the mode of comet set in the environment variables, defaults to 'online' if not set."""
-    return os.getenv("COMET_MODE", "online")
+    comet_mode = os.getenv("COMET_MODE")
+    if comet_mode is not None:
+        LOGGER.warning(
+            "WARNING ⚠️ The COMET_MODE environment variable is deprecated. "
+            "Please use COMET_START_ONLINE to set the Comet experiment mode. "
+            "To start an offline Comet experiment, use 'export COMET_START_ONLINE=0'. "
+            "If COMET_START_ONLINE is not set or is set to '1', an online Comet experiment will be created."
+        )
+        return comet_mode
+
+    return "online"
 
 
 def _get_comet_model_name():
@@ -65,22 +77,24 @@ def _should_log_image_predictions():
     return os.getenv("COMET_EVAL_LOG_IMAGE_PREDICTIONS", "true").lower() == "true"
 
 
-def _get_experiment_type(mode, project_name):
-    """Return an experiment based on mode and project name."""
-    if mode == "offline":
-        return comet_ml.OfflineExperiment(project_name=project_name)
+def _resume_or_create_experiment(args: SimpleNamespace) -> None:
+    """
+    Resumes CometML experiment or creates a new experiment based on args.
 
-    return comet_ml.Experiment(project_name=project_name)
-
-
-def _create_experiment(args):
-    """Ensures that the experiment object is only created in a single process during distributed training."""
+    Ensures that the experiment object is only created in a single process during distributed training.
+    """
     if RANK not in {-1, 0}:
         return
-    try:
+
+    # Set environment variable (if not set by the user) to configure the Comet experiment's online mode under the hood.
+    # IF COMET_START_ONLINE is set by the user it will override COMET_MODE value.
+    if os.getenv("COMET_START_ONLINE") is None:
         comet_mode = _get_comet_mode()
+        os.environ["COMET_START_ONLINE"] = "1" if comet_mode != "offline" else "0"
+
+    try:
         _project_name = os.getenv("COMET_PROJECT_NAME", args.project)
-        experiment = _get_experiment_type(comet_mode, _project_name)
+        experiment = comet_ml.start(project_name=_project_name)
         experiment.log_parameters(vars(args))
         experiment.log_others(
             {
@@ -313,15 +327,12 @@ def _log_model(experiment, trainer):
 
 def on_pretrain_routine_start(trainer):
     """Creates or resumes a CometML experiment at the start of a YOLO pre-training routine."""
-    experiment = comet_ml.get_global_experiment()
-    is_alive = getattr(experiment, "alive", False)
-    if not experiment or not is_alive:
-        _create_experiment(trainer.args)
+    _resume_or_create_experiment(trainer.args)
 
 
 def on_train_epoch_end(trainer):
     """Log metrics and save batch images at the end of training epochs."""
-    experiment = comet_ml.get_global_experiment()
+    experiment = comet_ml.get_running_experiment()
     if not experiment:
         return
 
@@ -334,7 +345,7 @@ def on_train_epoch_end(trainer):
 
 def on_fit_epoch_end(trainer):
     """Logs model assets at the end of each epoch."""
-    experiment = comet_ml.get_global_experiment()
+    experiment = comet_ml.get_running_experiment()
     if not experiment:
         return
 
@@ -362,7 +373,7 @@ def on_fit_epoch_end(trainer):
 
 def on_train_end(trainer):
     """Perform operations at the end of training."""
-    experiment = comet_ml.get_global_experiment()
+    experiment = comet_ml.get_running_experiment()
     if not experiment:
         return