diff --git a/src/BuildScriptGenerator/Python/PythonBashBuildSnippet.sh.tpl b/src/BuildScriptGenerator/Python/PythonBashBuildSnippet.sh.tpl
index 47bd9babbb..0ddaa3ff7d 100644
--- a/src/BuildScriptGenerator/Python/PythonBashBuildSnippet.sh.tpl
+++ b/src/BuildScriptGenerator/Python/PythonBashBuildSnippet.sh.tpl
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ fi
     then
         set +e
         echo "Running pip install poetry..."
-        InstallPipCommand="pip install poetry"
+        InstallPipCommand="pip install poetry==1.8.5"
         printf %s " , $InstallPipCommand" >> "$COMMAND_MANIFEST_FILE"
-        pip install poetry
+        pip install poetry==1.8.5
         echo "Running poetry install..."
         InstallPoetryCommand="poetry install --no-dev"
         printf %s " , $InstallPoetryCommand" >> "$COMMAND_MANIFEST_FILE"