diff --git a/docker/parrot-core-latest/Dockerfile b/docker/parrot-core-latest/Dockerfile
index 1e921e7f6..df3952d9d 100644
--- a/docker/parrot-core-latest/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/parrot-core-latest/Dockerfile
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git ca-certificates build-essential cmake pkg-config libreadline-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libbluetooth-dev libpython3-dev libssl-dev libgd-dev sudo && \
     apt-get clean
 
-RUN apt-get install -y python3-minimal && \
-    apt-get install -y python3-pip && \
-    apt-get clean && \
-    python3 -m pip install ansicolors sslcrypto
+RUN apt-get install -y python3-minimal python3-pip python3-venv && \
+    apt-get clean
 
 RUN apt-get install -y opencl-dev && \
     apt-get clean
diff --git a/docker/parrot-core-latest/run_tests.sh b/docker/parrot-core-latest/run_tests.sh
index 65b0737c4..01fb172ac 100755
--- a/docker/parrot-core-latest/run_tests.sh
+++ b/docker/parrot-core-latest/run_tests.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@
 # docker/parrot-core-latest/run_tests.sh;
 
 sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
+python3 -m venv /tmp/venv
+source /tmp/venv/bin/activate
+python3 -m pip install --use-pep517 pyaes
+python3 -m pip install ansicolors sslcrypto
 tools/release_tests.sh