diff --git a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/docker-context/Dockerfile b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/docker-context/Dockerfile
index bbac6319ec4..d59a9b59404 100644
--- a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/docker-context/Dockerfile
+++ b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/docker-context/Dockerfile
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ FROM rocker/tidyverse:latest
 
 # Install python
 RUN apt-get update -qq && \
- apt-get install -y python3-pip tcl tk libz-dev libpng-dev
+ apt-get install -y python3-pip tcl tk libz-dev libpng-dev && \
+ apt-get install -y python3-venv
+
+RUN /usr/bin/python3 -m venv /usr/venv/
+RUN bash /usr/venv/bin/activate
 
 RUN ln -f /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 RUN ln -f /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
-RUN pip install -U pip
 
 # Install azureml-mlflow
-RUN pip install azureml-mlflow
-RUN pip install mlflow
-
-# Create link for python
-RUN ln -f /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+RUN /usr/venv/bin/pip install azureml-mlflow
+RUN /usr/venv/bin/pip install mlflow
 
 # Install additional R packages
 RUN R -e "install.packages(c('mlflow'), repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org/')"
diff --git a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/job.yml b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/job.yml
index 4457fcf3f25..1c1a3228130 100644
--- a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/job.yml
+++ b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/accidents/job.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/commandJob.schema.json
 code: src
 command: >-
+  source /usr/venv/bin/activate
   Rscript accidents.R
   --data ${{inputs.training_data}}
 inputs:
diff --git a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/docker-context/Dockerfile b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/docker-context/Dockerfile
index bbac6319ec4..d59a9b59404 100644
--- a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/docker-context/Dockerfile
+++ b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/docker-context/Dockerfile
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ FROM rocker/tidyverse:latest
 
 # Install python
 RUN apt-get update -qq && \
- apt-get install -y python3-pip tcl tk libz-dev libpng-dev
+ apt-get install -y python3-pip tcl tk libz-dev libpng-dev && \
+ apt-get install -y python3-venv
+
+RUN /usr/bin/python3 -m venv /usr/venv/
+RUN bash /usr/venv/bin/activate
 
 RUN ln -f /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 RUN ln -f /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip
-RUN pip install -U pip
 
 # Install azureml-mlflow
-RUN pip install azureml-mlflow
-RUN pip install mlflow
-
-# Create link for python
-RUN ln -f /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+RUN /usr/venv/bin/pip install azureml-mlflow
+RUN /usr/venv/bin/pip install mlflow
 
 # Install additional R packages
 RUN R -e "install.packages(c('mlflow'), repos = 'https://cloud.r-project.org/')"
diff --git a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/job.yml b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/job.yml
index 8997c01e235..1d2533a6a48 100644
--- a/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/job.yml
+++ b/cli/jobs/single-step/r/iris/job.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 $schema: https://azuremlschemas.azureedge.net/latest/commandJob.schema.json
 command: >
+  source /usr/venv/bin/activate
   Rscript train.R 
   --data_folder ${{inputs.iris}}
 code: src