diff --git a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_linux.py b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_linux.py
index fa1f73656cf549..56a31ca0abddc7 100644
--- a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_linux.py
+++ b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_linux.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-version = sys.argv[2]
-lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 4 else sys.argv[3]
+params_path = sys.argv[2]
+version = sys.argv[3]
+lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 5 else sys.argv[4]
 
 with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f_in:
     with open("static_link.sh", "w") as f_out:
diff --git a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_macos.py b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_macos.py
index f7b99763eaa545..470a6a6e6230e0 100644
--- a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_macos.py
+++ b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_macos.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-version = sys.argv[2]
-lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 4 else sys.argv[3]
+params_path = sys.argv[2]
+version = sys.argv[3]
+lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 5 else sys.argv[4]
 
 with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f_in:
     with open("static_link.sh", "w") as f_out:
-        if os.path.isfile(f"libtensorflow_framework.{version}.dylib-2.params"):
+        if os.path.isfile(f"{params_path}/libtensorflow_framework.{version}.dylib-2.params"):
             p_cd = re.compile(r"^\((cd .*) && \\$")
             p_linker = re.compile(fr"^\s*.+cc_wrapper.sh.+(@bazel-out\S+libtensorflow{lib_suffix}\.\d\.\d\.\d\.dylib-2\.params).*")
             f_out.write("#!/bin/bash\n# note: ar/binutils version 2.27 required to support output files > 4GB\n")
diff --git a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_windows.py b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_windows.py
index 82f01a76893181..b75bdba6445624 100644
--- a/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_windows.py
+++ b/ports/tensorflow-common/generate_static_link_cmd_windows.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
-version = sys.argv[2]
-lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 4 else sys.argv[3]
+params_path = sys.argv[2]
+version = sys.argv[3]
+lib_suffix = "" if len(sys.argv) < 5 else sys.argv[4]
 
 with open(sys.argv[1], "r") as f_in:
     with open("static_link.bat", "w") as f_out:
diff --git a/ports/tensorflow-common/tensorflow-common.cmake b/ports/tensorflow-common/tensorflow-common.cmake
index 0813dd94e14313..cdb7c9665ef98f 100644
--- a/ports/tensorflow-common/tensorflow-common.cmake
+++ b/ports/tensorflow-common/tensorflow-common.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set(ENV{BAZEL_BIN_PATH} "${BAZEL}")
 function(tensorflow_try_remove_recurse_wait PATH_TO_REMOVE)
 	file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${PATH_TO_REMOVE})
 	if(EXISTS "${PATH_TO_REMOVE}")
-		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E sleep 5 WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-sleep-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
+		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E sleep 5 WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-sleep-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 		file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${PATH_TO_REMOVE})
 	endif()
 endfunction()
@@ -39,29 +39,34 @@ if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
 	set(ENV{BAZEL_VC_FULL_VERSION} $ENV{VCToolsVersion})
 
 	set(PYTHON3 "${MSYS_ROOT}/mingw64/bin/python3.exe")
-	vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-pypath-${TARGET_TRIPLET} OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
+	vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-pypath-${TARGET_TRIPLET} OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
 else()
 	vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)
-	get_filename_component(PYTHON3_DIR "${PYTHON3}" DIRECTORY)
-	vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND ${PYTHON3_DIR})
+
+	vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m venv --symlinks "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-venv"  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-venv-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
+	vcpkg_add_to_path(PREPEND ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-venv/bin)
+	set(PYTHON3 ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-venv/bin/python3)
+	set(ENV{VIRTUAL_ENV} ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-venv)
 
 	if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_OSX)
+		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m pip install -U pip WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-pip-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 		# acceleration libs currently broken on macOS => force numpy user space reinstall without BLAS/LAPACK/ATLAS
 		# remove this work-around again, i.e. default to "else" branch, once acceleration libs are fixed upstream
 		set(ENV{BLAS} "None")
 		set(ENV{LAPACK} "None")
 		set(ENV{ATLAS} "None")
-		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m pip install --user -U --force-reinstall numpy WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-pip-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
+		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m pip install -U --force-reinstall numpy WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequistes-pip-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 	else()
-		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m pip install --user -U numpy WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-pip-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
+		vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -m pip install -U pip numpy WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-pip-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 	endif()
-	vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import site; print(site.getusersitepackages())" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-pypath-${TARGET_TRIPLET} OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
+
+	vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import site; print(site.getusersitepackages())" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-pypath-${TARGET_TRIPLET} OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
 endif()
 set(ENV{PYTHON_BIN_PATH} "${PYTHON3}")
 set(ENV{PYTHON_LIB_PATH} "${PYTHON_LIB_PATH}")
 
 # check if numpy can be loaded
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import numpy" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequesits-numpy-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
+vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON3} -c "import numpy" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR} LOGNAME prerequisites-numpy-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 
 set(ENV{USE_DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIB_PATH} 1)
 set(ENV{TF_NEED_KAFKA} 0)
@@ -286,7 +291,7 @@ foreach(BUILD_TYPE dbg rel)
 		endif()
 		# for some reason stdout of bazel ends up in stderr, so use err log file in the following command
 		vcpkg_execute_build_process(
-			COMMAND ${PYTHON3} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/generate_static_link_cmd_${PLATFORM_SUFFIX}.py" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}-err.log" ${TF_VERSION} ${TF_LIB_SUFFIX}
+			COMMAND ${PYTHON3} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/generate_static_link_cmd_${PLATFORM_SUFFIX}.py" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}-err.log" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}/bazel-bin/tensorflow" ${TF_VERSION} ${TF_LIB_SUFFIX}
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}/bazel-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}
 			LOGNAME postbuild2-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}
 		)
diff --git a/ports/tensorflow-common/vcpkg.json b/ports/tensorflow-common/vcpkg.json
index dae75635c4f0b9..f6a9f7cd124dbf 100644
--- a/ports/tensorflow-common/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/tensorflow-common/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "tensorflow-common",
   "version-semver": "2.6.0",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "This meta package holds common files for the C [tensorflow] and the C++ [tensorflow-cc] API version of TensorFlow but is not installable on its own.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow"
 }
diff --git a/scripts/azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/scripts/azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 561d19fe90c44b..02022e732acdee 100644
--- a/scripts/azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/scripts/azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 variables:
   windows-pool: 'PrWin-2021-11-10'
-  linux-pool: 'PrLin-2021-11-10'
+  linux-pool: 'PrLin-2021-12-13'
   osx-pool: 'PrOsx-2021-07-27'
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/scripts/azure-pipelines/linux/provision-image.sh b/scripts/azure-pipelines/linux/provision-image.sh
index 4ef7c4ec712e66..3abc8cb0f59c0b 100755
--- a/scripts/azure-pipelines/linux/provision-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/azure-pipelines/linux/provision-image.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ APT_PACKAGES="$APT_PACKAGES libxcb-res0-dev"
 APT_PACKAGES="$APT_PACKAGES python3-setuptools python3-mako"
 
 # Additionally required by some packages to install additional python packages
-APT_PACKAGES="$APT_PACKAGES python3-pip"
+APT_PACKAGES="$APT_PACKAGES python3-pip python3-venv"
 
 # Additionally required by qtwebengine
 APT_PACKAGES="$APT_PACKAGES nodejs"
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 92cf328deb7d49..056820b5b2167b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -6694,7 +6694,7 @@
     },
     "tensorflow-common": {
       "baseline": "2.6.0",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "tensorpipe": {
       "baseline": "2021-04-26",
diff --git a/versions/t-/tensorflow-common.json b/versions/t-/tensorflow-common.json
index 26d4c0d267ed2f..532edc4b54c3ca 100644
--- a/versions/t-/tensorflow-common.json
+++ b/versions/t-/tensorflow-common.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "e766afec982de89398663f587da490fc8996474f",
+      "version-semver": "2.6.0",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "84662f791eb9d38350a4ffe99cd80d49f562b10f",
       "version-semver": "2.6.0",