diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d9087ac5..fc439447 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ defaults_Dependencies: &defaults_Dependencies |
   npm install -g node-gyp
 
 defaults_awsCliDependencies: &defaults_awsCliDependencies |
+  apk upgrade --no-cache
   apk --no-cache add \
-          python \
-          py-pip \
+          python3 \
+          py3-pip \
           groff \
           less \
           mailcap
-  pip install --upgrade awscli==1.14.5 s3cmd==2.0.1 python-magic
-  apk -v --purge del py-pip
+  pip3 install --upgrade pip awscli==1.14.5 s3cmd==2.0.1 python-magic
 
 defaults_license_scanner: &defaults_license_scanner
   name: Install and set up license-scanner
@@ -252,10 +252,17 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install docker dependencies for anchore
           command: |
-            apk add --update py-pip docker python-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev gcc libc-dev make jq npm
+            apk add --update python3 py3-pip docker python3-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev gcc libc-dev make jq npm
       - run:
           name: Install general dependencies
-          command: *defaults_Dependencies
+          command: |
+            apk --no-cache add git
+            apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
+            apk --no-cache add curl
+            apk --no-cache add openssh-client
+            apk add --no-cache -t build-dependencies make gcc g++ python3 libtool autoconf automake
+            npm config set unsafe-perm true
+            npm install -g node-gyp
       - run:
           name: Install AWS CLI dependencies
           command: *defaults_awsCliDependencies