diff --git a/.github/scripts/setup_generate_license.sh b/.github/scripts/setup_generate_license.sh
index 71583bfb2b2..85a6a5aaa7a 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/setup_generate_license.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/setup_generate_license.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 set -e
 
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python3 -y
-curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/3.5/get-pip.py | sudo -H python3
+# creating python virtual env
+python3 -m venv ~/.python3venv
+source ~/.python3venv/bin/activate
+sudo apt install python3-pip
 pip3 install wheel  # install wheel first explicitly
 pip3 install --upgrade pyyaml