diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 752fcbb0054..e070c5b2327 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DOCKERFILE=docker/build_and_push.Dockerfile
 DOCKERFILE_BACKEND=docker/build_and_push_backend.Dockerfile
 DOCKERFILE_FRONTEND=docker/frontend/build_and_push_frontend.Dockerfile
 DOCKER_COMPOSE=docker_example/docker-compose.yml
-PYTHON_REQUIRED=$(shell grep '^python[[:space:]]*=' pyproject.toml | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
+PYTHON_REQUIRED=$(shell grep '^requires-python[[:space:]]*=' pyproject.toml | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
 RED=\033[0;31m
 NC=\033[0m # No Color
 GREEN=\033[0;32m
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ check_tools:
 # check if Python version is compatible
 check_env: ## check if Python version is compatible
 	@chmod +x scripts/setup/check_env.sh
-	@PYTHON_INSTALLED=$$(scripts/setup/check_env.sh python --version 2>&1 | awk '{print $$2}'); \
-	if ! scripts/setup/check_env.sh python -c "import sys; from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet; from packaging.version import Version; sys.exit(not SpecifierSet('$(PYTHON_REQUIRED)').contains(Version('$$PYTHON_INSTALLED')))" 2>/dev/null; then \
-		echo "$(RED)Error: Python version $$PYTHON_INSTALLED is not compatible with the required version $(PYTHON_REQUIRED). Aborting.$(NC)"; exit 1; \
-	fi
+	@scripts/setup/check_env.sh "$(PYTHON_REQUIRED)"
 
 help: ## show this help message
 	@echo '----'
diff --git a/scripts/setup/check_env.sh b/scripts/setup/check_env.sh
index 8473255c702..af0191a9dfb 100755
--- a/scripts/setup/check_env.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup/check_env.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Detect if in a virtual environment (venv or virtualenv)
+# Detect and use appropriate Python interpreter from virtual environments
 if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
-    exec "$@"
-# Detect if in a conda environment
+    PYTHON_EXEC=python
 elif [ -n "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" ]; then
-    exec conda run -n "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" "$@"
-# Detect if in a pipenv environment
+    PYTHON_EXEC=conda run -n "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" python
 elif [ -f "Pipfile" ]; then
-    exec pipenv run "$@"
-# Detect if in a pyenv environment
+    PYTHON_EXEC=pipenv run python
 elif [ -d ".pyenv" ]; then
-    exec pyenv exec "$@"
-# Detect if in a venv environment
-elif [ -f "pyvenv.cfg" ]; then
-    source bin/activate
-    exec "$@"
+    PYTHON_EXEC=pyenv exec python
 else
-    exec "$@"
+    PYTHON_EXEC=python
 fi
+
+# Check if Python version is compatible
+REQUIRED_VERSION=$1
+PYTHON_INSTALLED=$($PYTHON_EXEC -c "import sys; print(sys.version.split()[0])")
+
+echo "Detected Python version: $PYTHON_INSTALLED"
+
+$PYTHON_EXEC -c "
+import sys
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+
+required_version = '$REQUIRED_VERSION'
+python_installed = '$PYTHON_INSTALLED'
+
+min_version, max_version = required_version.replace('>=', '').replace('<', '').split(',')
+if not (LooseVersion(min_version) <= LooseVersion(python_installed) < LooseVersion(max_version)):
+    sys.exit(f'Error: Python version {python_installed} is not compatible with required version {required_version}.')
+" || exit 1
+