diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
index b2a43f262..8ff763391 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/recipes/install.rb
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::disable_services"
 package_repos 'setup the repositories'
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::directories"
-install_packages 'Install OS and extra packages'
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::cookbook_virtualenv"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::awscli"
+install_packages 'Install OS and extra packages'
 include_recipe "openssh"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::disable_selinux"
 include_recipe "aws-parallelcluster-platform::license_readme"