diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 59f80b89b78dd46475dcda3da77d885cbc96b9e5..b286bb81168d850a20dcd63b4ab873e72ce24481 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -856,13 +856,12 @@ py-sbom:
       if [[ -z "$PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL" ]]
       then
         log_info "Syft version unset: retrieve latest version..."
-        PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL=$(curl -sSf "https://api.github.com/repos/anchore/syft/releases?per_page=1" | \
-          python3 -c 'import json,sys;resp=json.load(sys.stdin);print(next(filter(lambda a: a["browser_download_url"].endswith("_linux_amd64.tar.gz"),resp[0]["assets"]))["browser_download_url"]);')
+          PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys,urllib.request;s = urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.github.com/repos/anchore/syft/releases?per_page=1");resp=json.load(s);print(next(filter(lambda a: a["browser_download_url"].endswith("_linux_amd64.tar.gz"),resp[0]["assets"]))["browser_download_url"]);')
         log_info "... use latest Syft version: \\e[32m$PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL\\e[0m"
       fi
       python_sbom_syft="$PIP_CACHE_DIR/syft-$(echo "$PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL" | md5sum | cut -d" " -f1)"
       if [ ! -f $python_sbom_syft ]; then
-        wget -q -O syft.tar.gz $PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL
+        python3 -c 'import urllib.request;urllib.request.urlretrieve("'$PYTHON_SBOM_SYFT_URL'","syft.tar.gz")'
         tar zxf syft.tar.gz syft
         mkdir -p $PIP_CACHE_DIR
         mv ./syft $python_sbom_syft