diff --git a/test-images/almalinux-9/Dockerfile b/test-images/almalinux-9/Dockerfile
index d62cb9ca..722aaead 100644
--- a/test-images/almalinux-9/Dockerfile
+++ b/test-images/almalinux-9/Dockerfile
@@ -39,21 +39,21 @@ USER postgres
 RUN cd ~ && initdb -D citus && echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'citus'" >> citus/postgresql.conf
 
 USER root
-# Install python 3.8 and its dependencies
-RUN yum install -y gcc make && \
-    yum -y install  libcurl-devel \
-                    openssl-devel \
-                    bzip2-devel \
-                    libffi-devel \
-                    xz-devel \
-                    python38-devel \
-                    openssl-devel &&\
-      curl  https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.12/Python-3.8.12.tgz --output Python-3.8.12.tgz &&\
-      tar xvf Python-3.8.12.tgz &&\
-      cd Python-3.8.*/ && \
-      ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
-       make altinstall && \
-       python3.8 -m pip install pip-tools
+# Enable EPEL repository and install python 3.8 and its dependencies
+RUN yum install -y epel-release && \
+    yum install -y gcc make \
+                   libcurl-devel \
+                   openssl-devel \
+                   bzip2-devel \
+                   libffi-devel \
+                   xz-devel \
+                   python38-devel && \
+    curl https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.12/Python-3.8.12.tgz --output Python-3.8.12.tgz && \
+    tar xvf Python-3.8.12.tgz && \
+    cd Python-3.8.*/ && \
+    ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
+    make altinstall && \
+    python3.8 -m pip install pip-tools
 
 COPY scripts/* ./