diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/templates/installer-tests.yml b/.azure-pipelines/templates/installer-tests.yml
index 2ff4051e1..65bb1c3bf 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/installer-tests.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/installer-tests.yml
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ jobs:
         displayName: Retrieve Windows installer
       - script: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)\bin\certbot-beta-installer-win32.exe /S
         displayName: Install Certbot
+      - powershell: Invoke-WebRequest https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.0/python-3.8.0-amd64-webinstall.exe -OutFile C:\py3-setup.exe
+        displayName: Get Python
+      - script: C:\py3-setup.exe /quiet PrependPath=1 InstallAllUsers=1 Include_launcher=1 InstallLauncherAllUsers=1 Include_test=0 Include_doc=0 Include_dev=0 Include_debug=0 Include_tcltk=0 TargetDir=C:\py3
+        displayName: Install Python
       - script: |
-          choco install -y python3 --version=3.8.0 --no-progress
-          set PATH=C:\Python38;C:\Python38\Scripts;%PATH%
-          python -m venv venv
+          py -3 -m venv venv
           venv\Scripts\python tools\pip_install.py -e certbot-ci
         displayName: Prepare Certbot-CI
       - script: |