diff --git a/scripts/assign_role.sh b/scripts/assign_role.sh
index eea53d2..31760e5 100755
--- a/scripts/assign_role.sh
+++ b/scripts/assign_role.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ done <<EOF
 $(azd env get-values)
 EOF
 
+echo 'Creating Python virtual environment ".venv"...'
+python3 -m venv .venv
+
+echo 'Installing dependencies from "requirements.txt" into virtual environment (in quiet mode)...'
+.venv/bin/python -m pip --quiet --disable-pip-version-check install -r requirements-dev.txt
+
 python ./scripts/assign_role.py