@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import urllib.request
 import warnings
 from dataclasses import fields, replace
 from enum import Enum
@@ -827,10 +828,10 @@ def download_plugin_lib_path(py_version: str, platform: str) -> str:
 base_url = "https://pypi.nvidia.com/tensorrt-llm/"
 file_name = f"tensorrt_llm-0.18.0-{py_version}-{py_version}-{platform}.whl"
 download_url = base_url + file_name
-cmd = ["wget", download_url]
 if not (os.path.exists(file_name)):
 try:
-subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+logger.debug(f"Downloading {download_url} ...")
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(download_url, file_name)
 logger.debug("Download succeeded and TRT-LLM wheel is now present")
 except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
 logger.error(