diff --git a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/setup-build-tools.yml b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/setup-build-tools.yml
index 2cd51eb9f5bb2..436b98d3a3191 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/setup-build-tools.yml
+++ b/tools/ci_build/github/azure-pipelines/templates/setup-build-tools.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@ steps:
   displayName: 'Display Node.js Version'
 
 - script: |
-    python3 -m pip install requests
+    python3 -m pip install requests truststore
   displayName: 'Install Python requests package'
 
-- task: PythonScript@0
-  displayName: 'Run GitHub Action via Python Wrapper'
-  inputs:
-    scriptPath: 'tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py'
-    arguments: '${{ parameters.action_version }}'
+- powershell: |
+    Write-Host "Process: $env:NO_PROXY"
+    Write-Host "User:    $([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('NO_PROXY', 'User'))"
+    Write-Host "Machine: $([Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('NO_PROXY', 'Machine'))"
+  displayName: Inspect proxy environment
+
+- powershell: |
+    $env:NO_PROXY = (($env:NO_PROXY -split ',') |
+      Where-Object { $_ -ne '::1' -and $_ -notmatch '/' }) -join ','
+
+    python tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py ${{ parameters.action_version }}
+  displayName: Run GitHub Action via Python Wrapper
diff --git a/tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py b/tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py
index 52c71311f0ec8..37dfe6e3a471c 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py
+++ b/tools/ci_build/run_gh_action.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import requests
+import truststore
+
+truststore.inject_into_ssl()
 
 SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 REPO_DIR = (SCRIPT_DIR / ".." / "..").resolve()