diff --git a/src/test/groovy/GsutilStepTests.groovy b/src/test/groovy/GsutilStepTests.groovy
index 96c9a565b..baeabfc2d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/GsutilStepTests.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/GsutilStepTests.groovy
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class GsutilStepTests extends ApmBasePipelineTest {
     script.call(command: 'cp', credentialsId: 'foo')
     printCallStack()
     assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('withEnv', 'PATH+GSUTIL'))
-    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('bat', 'wget -q -O gsutil.zip https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-319.0.0-windows-x86_64.zip'))
+    assertTrue(assertMethodCallContainsPattern('bat', 'wget -q -O gsutil.zip https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-319.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip'))
     assertJobStatusSuccess()
   }
 }
diff --git a/vars/gsutil.groovy b/vars/gsutil.groovy
index f7467507d..9d48b4ef9 100644
--- a/vars/gsutil.groovy
+++ b/vars/gsutil.groovy
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@ def downloadWithCurl(tarball, url) {
 
 def googleCloudSdkURL() {
   def url = 'https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-319.0.0'
-  def os = isUnix() ? 'linux' : 'windows'
-  def ext = isUnix() ? 'tar.gz' : 'zip'
-  return "${url}-${os}-${is64() ? 'x86_64' : 'x86'}.${ext}"
+  def arch = is64() ? 'x86_64' : 'x86'
+  if (isUnix()) {
+    return "${url}-linux-${arch}.tar.gz"
+  } else {
+    // use the bundled python artifact to avoid issues with the existing python2 installation when running gsutil in some Windows versions
+    return "${url}-windows-${arch}-bundled-python.zip"
+  }
 }
 
 def uncompress(tarball) {