diff --git a/scripts/install_deps.sh b/scripts/install_deps.sh
index 4eda263..a6f5320 100755
--- a/scripts/install_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_deps.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ check_dependencies() {
     command -v qemu-img >/dev/null 2>&1 || NEED_INSTALL+=("qemu-utils")
     command -v sudo >/dev/null 2>&1 || NEED_INSTALL+=("sudo")
     command -v mkfs.erofs >/dev/null 2>&1 || NEED_INSTALL+=("erofs-utils")
-    python3 -c "import venv" >/dev/null 2>&1 || NEED_INSTALL+=("python3-venv")
 }
 check_dependencies
 osrel=$(sed -n '/^ID_LIKE=/s/^.*=//p' /etc/os-release)
@@ -132,15 +131,22 @@ if [ -n "${NEED_INSTALL[*]}" ]; then
     if ! ($SUDO "$PM" "${INSTALL_OPTION[@]}" "${NEED_INSTALL[@]}"); then abort; fi
 
 fi
-PYTHON_VENV_DIR="$(dirname "$PWD")/python3-env"
-[ -f "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR/bin/activate" ] || {
-    echo "Creating python3 virtual env"
-    python3 -m venv "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR" || abort "Failed to create python3 virtual env"
-}
-# shellcheck disable=SC1091
-source "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR"/bin/activate || abort "Failed to activate python3 virtual env"
-python3 -c "import pkg_resources; pkg_resources.require(open('requirements.txt',mode='r'))" &>/dev/null || {
-    echo "Installing Python3 dependencies"
+
+python_version=$(python3 -c 'import sys;print("{0}{1}".format(*(sys.version_info[:2])))')
+if [ "$python_version" -ge 311 ]; then
+    python3 -c "import venv" >/dev/null 2>&1 || if ! ($SUDO "$PM" "${INSTALL_OPTION[@]}" "python3-venv"); then abort; fi
+    PYTHON_VENV_DIR="$(dirname "$PWD")/python3-env"
+    [ -f "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR/bin/activate" ] || {
+        echo "Creating python3 virtual env"
+        python3 -m venv "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR" || abort "Failed to create python3 virtual env"
+    }
+    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+    source "$PYTHON_VENV_DIR"/bin/activate || abort "Failed to activate python3 virtual env"
+    python3 -c "import pkg_resources; pkg_resources.require(open('requirements.txt',mode='r'))" &>/dev/null || {
+        echo "Installing Python3 dependencies"
+        python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt || abort "Failed to install python3 dependencies"
+    }
+    deactivate
+else
     python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt || abort "Failed to install python3 dependencies"
-}
-deactivate
+fi