diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 979575e37fd3f..c689c0830ba08 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1165,10 +1165,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install packages
           command: |
-            choco install -y cmake.portable ninja
-            # Choco can return 0 even if package installation/resolution fails (e.g. 504 Gateway Timeout).
-            # See: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1609
-            # Explicitly check version commands to ensure executables exist in PATH.
+            # Use pip rather than chocolatey here as have has trouble to
+            # the reliablity of chocolatey in the past.
+            pip install cmake ninja
             cmake --version
             ninja --version
       - install-emsdk
@@ -1235,10 +1234,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install packages
           command: |
-            choco install -y cmake.portable ninja
-            # Choco can return 0 even if package installation/resolution fails (e.g. 504 Gateway Timeout).
-            # See: https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1609
-            # Explicitly check version commands to ensure executables exist in PATH.
+            # Use pip rather than chocolatey here as have has trouble to
+            # the reliablity of chocolatey in the past.
+            pip install cmake ninja
             cmake --version
             ninja --version
       # note we do *not* build all libraries and freeze the cache; as we run