diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
index 351e561a951..eb1e4096acb 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/_bicep.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import json
-import certifi
 
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
 from contextlib import suppress
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 import requests
 import semver
 
-from urllib.request import urlopen
 from knack.log import get_logger
 from azure.cli.core.api import get_config_dir
 from azure.cli.core.azclierror import (
@@ -131,10 +129,11 @@ def ensure_bicep_installation(cli_ctx, release_tag=None, target_platform=None, s
                 print(f"Installing Bicep CLI {release_tag}...")
             else:
                 print("Installing Bicep CLI...")
-        os.environ.setdefault("CURL_CA_BUNDLE", certifi.where())
-        request = urlopen(_get_bicep_download_url(system, release_tag, target_platform=target_platform))
+
+        download_url = _get_bicep_download_url(system, release_tag, target_platform=target_platform)
+        response = requests.get(download_url, verify=_requests_verify)
         with open(installation_path, "wb") as f:
-            f.write(request.read())
+            f.write(response.content)
 
         os.chmod(installation_path, os.stat(installation_path).st_mode | stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH)
 
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ def is_bicepparam_file(file_path):
 
 def get_bicep_available_release_tags():
     try:
-        os.environ.setdefault("CURL_CA_BUNDLE", certifi.where())
         response = requests.get("https://aka.ms/BicepReleases", verify=_requests_verify)
         return [release["tag_name"] for release in response.json()]
     except IOError as err:
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ def get_bicep_available_release_tags():
 
 def get_bicep_latest_release_tag():
     try:
-        os.environ.setdefault("CURL_CA_BUNDLE", certifi.where())
         response = requests.get("https://aka.ms/BicepLatestRelease", verify=_requests_verify)
         response.raise_for_status()
         return response.json()["tag_name"]
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_bicep.py b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_bicep.py
index 52eaa051f28..ecba94c909f 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_bicep.py
+++ b/src/azure-cli/azure/cli/command_modules/resource/tests/latest/test_resource_bicep.py
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ def test_run_bicep_command_raise_error_if_not_installed_and_not_auto_install(sel
     @mock.patch("os.stat")
     @mock.patch("io.BufferedWriter")
     @mock.patch("azure.cli.command_modules.resource._bicep.open")
-    @mock.patch("azure.cli.command_modules.resource._bicep.urlopen")
     @mock.patch("os.path.exists")
     @mock.patch("os.path.dirname")
     @mock.patch("os.path.isfile")
-    def test_use_bicep_cli_from_path_false_after_install(self, isfile_stub, dirname_stub, exists_stub, urlopen_stub, open_stub, buffered_writer_stub, stat_stub, chmod_stub):
+    @mock.patch('requests.request', autospec=True)
+    def test_use_bicep_cli_from_path_false_after_install(self, isfile_stub, dirname_stub, exists_stub, mock_requests_get, open_stub, buffered_writer_stub, stat_stub, chmod_stub):
         isfile_stub.return_value = False
         dirname_stub.return_value = "tmp"
         exists_stub.return_value = True
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ def test_use_bicep_cli_from_path_false_after_install(self, isfile_stub, dirname_
 
         chmod_stub.return_value = None
 
-        response = mock.Mock()
-        response.getcode.return_value = 200
-        response.read.return_value = b"test"
-        urlopen_stub.return_value = response
+        response = mock.MagicMock()
+        response.headers = {}
+        response.status_code = 200
+        response.content = b"test"
+        mock_requests_get.return_value = response
 
         ensure_bicep_installation(cli_ctx, release_tag="v0.14.85", stdout=False)