diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/exhort/providers/PythonPipProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/exhort/providers/PythonPipProvider.java
index da3a83e7..e94125c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/exhort/providers/PythonPipProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/exhort/providers/PythonPipProvider.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 public final class PythonPipProvider extends Provider {
 
   private Logger log = LoggersFactory.getLogger(this.getClass().getName());
+  private static final String DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_NAME = "default-pip-root";
+  private static final String DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_VERSION = "0.0.0";
 
   public void setPythonController(PythonControllerBase pythonController) {
     this.pythonController = pythonController;
@@ -76,11 +78,7 @@ public Content provideStack(Path manifestPath) throws IOException {
         pythonController.getDependencies(manifestPath.toString(), true);
     printDependenciesTree(dependencies);
     Sbom sbom = SbomFactory.newInstance(Sbom.BelongingCondition.PURL, "sensitive");
-    try {
-      sbom.addRoot(new PackageURL(Ecosystem.Type.PYTHON.getType(), "root"));
-    } catch (MalformedPackageURLException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
+    sbom.addRoot(toPurl(DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_NAME, DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_VERSION));
     dependencies.stream()
         .forEach(
             (component) -> {
@@ -88,10 +86,6 @@ public Content provideStack(Path manifestPath) throws IOException {
             });
     byte[] requirementsFile = Files.readAllBytes(manifestPath);
     handleIgnoredDependencies(new String(requirementsFile), sbom);
-    // In python' pip requirements.txt, there is no real root element, then need to remove dummy
-    // root element that
-    // was created for creating the sbom.
-    sbom.removeRootComponent();
     return new Content(
         sbom.getAsJsonString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), Api.CYCLONEDX_MEDIA_TYPE);
   }
@@ -132,11 +126,7 @@ public Content provideComponent(byte[] manifestContent) throws IOException {
         pythonController.getDependencies(manifestPath.toString(), false);
     printDependenciesTree(dependencies);
     Sbom sbom = SbomFactory.newInstance();
-    try {
-      sbom.addRoot(new PackageURL(Ecosystem.Type.PYTHON.getType(), "root"));
-    } catch (MalformedPackageURLException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
+    sbom.addRoot(toPurl(DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_NAME, DEFAULT_PIP_ROOT_COMPONENT_VERSION));
     dependencies.stream()
         .forEach(
             (component) -> {
@@ -147,10 +137,6 @@ public Content provideComponent(byte[] manifestContent) throws IOException {
     Files.delete(manifestPath);
     Files.delete(tempRepository);
     handleIgnoredDependencies(new String(manifestContent), sbom);
-    // In python' pip requirements.txt, there is no real root element, then need to remove dummy
-    // root element that
-    // was created for creating the sbom.
-    sbom.removeRootComponent();
     return new Content(
         sbom.getAsJsonString().getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8), Api.CYCLONEDX_MEDIA_TYPE);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
index 733cb95c..18aaef3b 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
   "specVersion" : "1.4",
   "version" : 1,
   "metadata" : {
-    "timestamp" : "2023-09-28T12:40:41Z"
+    "timestamp" : "2024-04-29T09:14:16Z",
+    "component" : {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    }
   },
   "components" : [
+    {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    },
     {
       "name" : "anyio",
       "version" : "3.6.2",
@@ -183,6 +197,36 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies" : [
+    {
+      "ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "dependsOn" : [
+        "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/asgiref@3.4.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/beautifulsoup4@4.12.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/certifi@2023.7.22",
+        "pkg:pypi/chardet@4.0.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/contextlib2@21.6.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/fastapi@0.75.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/flask@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/h11@0.13.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/idna@2.10",
+        "pkg:pypi/immutables@0.19",
+        "pkg:pypi/importlib-metadata@4.8.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/itsdangerous@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/jinja2@3.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/markupsafe@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/requests@2.25.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/six@1.16.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/sniffio@1.2.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/soupsieve@2.3.2.post1",
+        "pkg:pypi/starlette@0.17.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/typing-extensions@4.1.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/urllib3@1.26.16",
+        "pkg:pypi/uvicorn@0.17.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/werkzeug@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/zipp@3.6.0"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "ref" : "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
       "dependsOn" : [ ]
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
index 35844f5a..b0da8205 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
   "specVersion" : "1.4",
   "version" : 1,
   "metadata" : {
-    "timestamp" : "2023-09-28T12:40:47Z"
+    "timestamp" : "2024-04-29T08:54:46Z",
+    "component" : {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    }
   },
   "components" : [
+    {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    },
     {
       "name" : "anyio",
       "version" : "3.6.2",
@@ -183,6 +197,36 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies" : [
+    {
+      "ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "dependsOn" : [
+        "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/asgiref@3.4.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/beautifulsoup4@4.12.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/certifi@2023.7.22",
+        "pkg:pypi/chardet@4.0.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/contextlib2@21.6.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/fastapi@0.75.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/flask@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/h11@0.13.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/idna@2.10",
+        "pkg:pypi/immutables@0.19",
+        "pkg:pypi/importlib-metadata@4.8.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/itsdangerous@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/jinja2@3.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/markupsafe@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/requests@2.25.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/six@1.16.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/sniffio@1.2.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/soupsieve@2.3.2.post1",
+        "pkg:pypi/starlette@0.17.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/typing-extensions@4.1.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/urllib3@1.26.16",
+        "pkg:pypi/uvicorn@0.17.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/werkzeug@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/zipp@3.6.0"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "ref" : "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
       "dependsOn" : [
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
index 80f1df2b..40a36698 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_component_sbom.json
@@ -3,8 +3,23 @@
   "specVersion" : "1.4",
   "version" : 1,
   "metadata" : {
+    "timestamp" : "2024-04-29T09:13:11Z",
+    "component" : {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    }
   },
   "components" : [
+    {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    },
     {
       "name" : "anyio",
       "version" : "3.6.2",
@@ -196,6 +211,38 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies" : [
+    {
+      "ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "dependsOn" : [
+        "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/asgiref@3.4.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/beautifulsoup4@4.12.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/certifi@2023.7.22",
+        "pkg:pypi/chardet@4.0.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/click@8.0.4",
+        "pkg:pypi/contextlib2@21.6.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/fastapi@0.75.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/flask@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/h11@0.13.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/idna@2.10",
+        "pkg:pypi/immutables@0.19",
+        "pkg:pypi/importlib-metadata@4.8.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/itsdangerous@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/jinja2@3.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/markupsafe@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/pydantic@1.9.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/requests@2.25.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/six@1.16.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/sniffio@1.2.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/soupsieve@2.3.2.post1",
+        "pkg:pypi/starlette@0.17.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/typing-extensions@4.1.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/urllib3@1.26.16",
+        "pkg:pypi/uvicorn@0.17.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/werkzeug@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/zipp@3.6.0"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "ref" : "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
       "dependsOn" : [ ]
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
index 6a4bf126..7be3661d 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/tst_manifests/pip/pip_requirements_txt_no_ignore/expected_stack_sbom.json
@@ -3,9 +3,23 @@
   "specVersion" : "1.4",
   "version" : 1,
   "metadata" : {
-    "timestamp" : "2023-09-28T12:40:44Z"
+    "timestamp" : "2024-04-29T09:00:11Z",
+    "component" : {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    }
   },
   "components" : [
+    {
+      "name" : "default-pip-root",
+      "version" : "0.0.0",
+      "purl" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "type" : "application",
+      "bom-ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0"
+    },
     {
       "name" : "anyio",
       "version" : "3.6.2",
@@ -197,6 +211,38 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies" : [
+    {
+      "ref" : "pkg:pypi/default-pip-root@0.0.0",
+      "dependsOn" : [
+        "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/asgiref@3.4.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/beautifulsoup4@4.12.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/certifi@2023.7.22",
+        "pkg:pypi/chardet@4.0.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/click@8.0.4",
+        "pkg:pypi/contextlib2@21.6.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/fastapi@0.75.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/flask@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/h11@0.13.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/idna@2.10",
+        "pkg:pypi/immutables@0.19",
+        "pkg:pypi/importlib-metadata@4.8.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/itsdangerous@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/jinja2@3.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/markupsafe@2.0.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/pydantic@1.9.2",
+        "pkg:pypi/requests@2.25.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/six@1.16.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/sniffio@1.2.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/soupsieve@2.3.2.post1",
+        "pkg:pypi/starlette@0.17.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/typing-extensions@4.1.1",
+        "pkg:pypi/urllib3@1.26.16",
+        "pkg:pypi/uvicorn@0.17.0",
+        "pkg:pypi/werkzeug@2.0.3",
+        "pkg:pypi/zipp@3.6.0"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "ref" : "pkg:pypi/anyio@3.6.2",
       "dependsOn" : [