diff --git a/scripts/ci/check_patch.sh b/scripts/ci/check_patch.sh
index 2c6674f5a..7d64b88d8 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/check_patch.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/check_patch.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-pip install Pygments collective.checkdocs pre-commit
+python3 -m pip install --user Pygments collective.checkdocs pre-commit
 
 # stop the build if there are any readme formatting errors
-python setup.py checkdocs
+python3 setup.py checkdocs
 
 # stop the build if there are any formatting errors
 GO111MODULE=on pre-commit run --all-files