diff --git a/images/macos/provision/core/python.sh b/images/macos/provision/core/python.sh
index f517b5958..229922096 100755
--- a/images/macos/provision/core/python.sh
+++ b/images/macos/provision/core/python.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ echo "Installing Python Tooling"
 echo "Brew Installing Python 3"
 brew install python@3.9
 
-echo "Brew Installing Python 2"
-# Create local tap with formula due to python2 formula depreciation
-brew tap-new --no-git local/python2
-FORMULA_PATH=$(brew extract python@2 local/python2 | grep "Homebrew/Library/Taps")
-brew install $FORMULA_PATH
+echo "Install latest Python 2"
+Python2Url="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/python-2.7.18-macosx10.9.pkg"
+download_with_retries $Python2Url "/tmp" "python2.pkg"
+sudo installer -pkg /tmp/python2.pkg -target /
+pip install --upgrade pip
+
+echo "Install Python2 certificates"
+bash -c "/Applications/Python\ 2.7/Install\ Certificates.command"
 
 echo "Installing pipx"
 export PIPX_BIN_DIR=/usr/local/opt/pipx_bin
@@ -21,4 +24,4 @@ brew install pipx
 
 echo "export PIPX_BIN_DIR=${PIPX_BIN_DIR}" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
 echo "export PIPX_HOME=${PIPX_HOME}" >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
-echo 'export PATH="$PIPX_BIN_DIR:$PATH"' >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
+echo 'export PATH="$PIPX_BIN_DIR:$PATH"' >> "${HOME}/.bashrc"
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