diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index af5d4c0b3..03e167814 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ else
 	yum install -y python
 fi
 yum install -y python3-pip
-pip-3 install ninja
-pip-3 install meson
+pip3 install ninja
+pip3 install meson
 
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI - not available in rhel and centos
 if ! echo "$ID $VERSION_ID" | grep -E -q 'rhel 7|centos 7'; then