diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x64/Dockerfile
index 71098629112..06be7bec184 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN yum update -y
 RUN yum remove -y git
 RUN yum install -y curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel gcc
 RUN cd /usr/src && \
-  wget https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.0.5.tar.gz && \
+  curl -O -L https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.0.5.tar.gz && \
   tar xzf git-2.0.5.tar.gz
 RUN cd /usr/src/git-2.0.5 && \
   make prefix=/usr/local/git all && \
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x86/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x86/Dockerfile
index 36286bca53d..8693e30cb4a 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x86/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_python_manylinux_x86/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RUN yum update -y
 RUN yum remove -y git
 RUN yum install -y curl-devel expat-devel gettext-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel gcc
 RUN cd /usr/src && \
-  wget https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.0.5.tar.gz && \
+  curl -O -L https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.0.5.tar.gz && \
   tar xzf git-2.0.5.tar.gz
 RUN cd /usr/src/git-2.0.5 && \
   make prefix=/usr/local/git all && \