diff --git a/scripts/automation_init.sh b/scripts/automation_init.sh
index d50b099ea4ea..0dd3a41e9116 100644
--- a/scripts/automation_init.sh
+++ b/scripts/automation_init.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# install python3.8
+sudo apt-get install python3.8
+sudo apt-get install python3.8-venv
+
+# init env
 rm -rf $TMPDIR/venv-sdk
-python3 -m venv $TMPDIR/venv-sdk
+python3.8 -m venv $TMPDIR/venv-sdk
 VIRTUAL_ENV=$TMPDIR/venv-sdk
 export VIRTUAL_ENV
 PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"