diff --git a/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh b/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
index 5e32abdedf6b4..de12f53e4512b 100755
--- a/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
+++ b/tools/dependency/release_dates.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ set -e
 # TODO(phlax): move this job to bazel and remove this
 export API_PATH=api/
 
-python_venv release_dates "$1"
+PYTHONPATH=. python_venv release_dates "$1"