diff --git a/ci/docker/ubuntu-20.04-cpp.dockerfile b/ci/docker/ubuntu-20.04-cpp.dockerfile
index 12dfe2d67a840..a5c1f0cdc1822 100644
--- a/ci/docker/ubuntu-20.04-cpp.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/ubuntu-20.04-cpp.dockerfile
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
         python3-dev \
         python3-pip \
         python3-rados \
+        python3-venv \
         rados-objclass-dev \
         rapidjson-dev \
         rsync \
diff --git a/ci/docker/ubuntu-22.04-cpp.dockerfile b/ci/docker/ubuntu-22.04-cpp.dockerfile
index e6fd44ff2d26e..61c33f8feb2aa 100644
--- a/ci/docker/ubuntu-22.04-cpp.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/ubuntu-22.04-cpp.dockerfile
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y -q && \
         protobuf-compiler-grpc \
         python3-dev \
         python3-pip \
+        python3-venv \
         rapidjson-dev \
         rsync \
         tzdata \