diff --git a/scripts/test_lib.sh b/scripts/test_lib.sh
index b2482c38c78..356ba661a86 100644
--- a/scripts/test_lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_lib.sh
@@ -310,16 +310,25 @@ fi
 
 # tool_get_bin [tool] - returns absolute path to a tool binary (or returns error)
 function tool_get_bin {
-  tool_exists "gobin" "GO111MODULE=off go get github.com/myitcv/gobin" || return 2
-
   local tool="$1"
+  local pkg_part="$1"
   if [[ "$tool" == *"@"* ]]; then
+    pkg_part=$(echo "${tool}" | cut -d'@' -f1)
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    run gobin ${GOBINARGS:-} -p "${tool}" || return 2
+    run go install ${GOBINARGS:-} "${tool}" || return 2
   else
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    run_for_module ./tools/mod run gobin ${GOBINARGS:-} -p -m --mod=readonly "${tool}" || return 2
+    run_for_module ./tools/mod run go install ${GOBINARGS:-} "${tool}" || return 2
+  fi
+
+  # remove the version suffix, such as removing "/v3" from "go.etcd.io/etcd/v3".
+  local cmd_base_name
+  cmd_base_name=$(basename "${pkg_part}")
+  if [[ ${cmd_base_name} =~ ^v[0-9]*$ ]]; then
+    pkg_part=$(dirname "${pkg_part}")
   fi
+
+  run_for_module ./tools/mod go list -f '{{.Target}}' "${pkg_part}"
 }
 
 # tool_pkg_dir [pkg] - returns absolute path to a directory that stores given pkg.
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 4e69bd65671..ce19f1a3935 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -567,6 +567,20 @@ function bom_pass {
     "${modules[@]}")
   code="$?"
 
+  if [ "${code}" -ne 0 ] ; then
+    # license-bill-of-materials.go has a bug, it may get `go list ...` output
+    # included in the `names`. See,
+    # https://github.com/coreos/license-bill-of-materials/blob/13baff47494e3f89fe1b67818363c3bc2fb12b8a/license-bill-of-materials.go#L204-L222
+    # So we need to try one more time.
+    # ${HOME}/go/pkg/mod.
+    # TODO(ahrtr): get rid of https://github.com/coreos/license-bill-of-materials.
+
+    output=$(GOFLAGS=-mod=mod run_go_tool github.com/coreos/license-bill-of-materials \
+      --override-file ./bill-of-materials.override.json \
+      "${modules[@]}")
+    code="$?"
+  fi
+
   run cp go.sum.tmp go.sum || return 2
   run cp go.mod.tmp go.mod || return 2