diff --git a/.github/workflows/install_dependencies.sh b/.github/workflows/install_dependencies.sh
index ec2b5715e7..49a4302c0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ fi
 sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION}-dev libpython${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION}-dev
 curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION}
 
-# to handle some error on missing pip dependencies
-sudo pip${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION} install testresources
-sudo pip${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION} install --upgrade setuptools==59.6.0
-sudo pip${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION} install colcon-common-extensions xmlrunner pygccxml pyplusplus
+if [[ "${BUILD_DOCU}x" != "x" ]]; then
+  sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz lcov
+fi
 
 if (( IS_UBUNTU_20_04 && IS_PYTHON_3_10 )); then
   echo "!!!!!!! Ubunut 20.04 and python 3.10: compile boost 1.80 !!!!!!!"
@@ -85,13 +84,4 @@ if (( IS_UBUNTU_20_04 && IS_PYTHON_3_10 )); then
 
 fi
 
-
-if [[ "${BUILD_DOCU}x" != "x" ]]; then
-  sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz lcov
-  sudo pip3 install --upgrade six>=1.11.0
-  sudo pip3 install Markdown==3.2.1
-  sudo pip3 install mkdocs
-  sudo pip3 install markdown-include
-  sudo pip3 install pymdown-extensions==8.0.1
-  sudo pip3 install pygments mdx_truly_sane_lists
-fi
+sudo pip${PYTHON_BINDING_VERSION} install -r .github/workflows/requirements.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..306a6373d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+colcon-common-extensions==0.3.0
+Markdown==3.5.2
+markdown-include==0.8.1
+mdx_truly_sane_lists==1.3
+mkdocs==1.5.3
+pygccxml==2.4.0
+Pygments==2.17.2
+pymdown-extensions==10.7
+pyplusplus==1.8.5
+setuptools==69.1.0
+six==1.16.0
+testresources==2.0.1
+xmlrunner==1.7.7
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b56c4dd95e..60a1699798 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LGPL%202.1--Clause-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/LGPL-2.1)
 [![GitHub tag (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/intel/ad-rss-lib.svg)](https://github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/releases/latest)
-[![Build Status](https://github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/workflows/Test/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Test%22)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/actions/workflows/build_test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/actions/workflows/build_test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)
 [![OpenSSF Best Practices](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/8374/badge)](https://www.bestpractices.dev/projects/8374)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib/badge)](https://securityscorecards.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/intel/ad-rss-lib)
+
 
 # Table of contents
 1. [Introduction](#introduction)
diff --git a/cmake/python-binding.cmake b/cmake/python-binding.cmake
index 5a59ccb39a..c9b57d6417 100644
--- a/cmake/python-binding.cmake
+++ b/cmake/python-binding.cmake
@@ -69,8 +69,14 @@ function(find_python_binding_packages)
 endfunction()
 
 function(get_python_test_environment)
+  set(LIBDIR_PREFIX "local/")
+  set(PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME "dist-packages")
+  if ("${PYTHON_BINDING_FOLDER_NAME}" STREQUAL "python3.8")
+    set(LIBDIR_PREFIX "")
+    set(PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME "site-packages")
+  endif()
   set(TEST_LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
-  set(TEST_PYTHONPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${PYTHON_BINDING_FOLDER_NAME}/site-packages")
+  set(TEST_PYTHONPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIBDIR_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${PYTHON_BINDING_FOLDER_NAME}/${PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME}")
   foreach(dep ${ARGN})
     get_target_property(dep_configurations ${dep} IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
     set(TEST_${dep}_LOCATION False)
@@ -83,7 +89,8 @@ function(get_python_test_environment)
     endforeach()
     if(TEST_${dep}_LOCATION)
       set(TEST_LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${TEST_${dep}_LOCATION}")
-      set(TEST_PYTHONPATH "${TEST_PYTHONPATH}:${TEST_${dep}_LOCATION}/${PYTHON_BINDING_FOLDER_NAME}/site-packages")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}$" "" TEST_${dep}_INSTALL_PREFIX ${TEST_${dep}_LOCATION})
+      set(TEST_PYTHONPATH "${TEST_PYTHONPATH}:${TEST_${dep}_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIBDIR_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${PYTHON_BINDING_FOLDER_NAME}/${PACKAGE_FOLDER_NAME}")
     else()
       message(WARNING "Failed to query mandatory location of dependency ${dep}")
     endif()