diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-23.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-23.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e54a7c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-23.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: Remove yq from script
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/foundry-platform-python/pull/23
diff --git a/scripts/generate_sdk.sh b/scripts/generate_sdk.sh
index ecac24fd..e7a0ed80 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_sdk.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_sdk.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EXCLUDED_PATHS=(
     "Makefile"
     "scripts/generate_sdk.sh"
     "scripts/generate_spec.sh"
+    "scripts/parse_version.py"
     "config.json"
     ".policy.yml"
     "changelog"
diff --git a/scripts/generate_spec.sh b/scripts/generate_spec.sh
index 89ad5eda..9a625882 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_spec.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate_spec.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAVEN_REPO_PATH="$MAVEN_DIST_RELEASE/$(echo "$MAVEN_CONJURE_GROUP_ID" | sed 's/\
 
 mkdir -p $TMP_DIR
 API_GATEWAY_VERSION=$( wget -q -O - "${MAVEN_REPO_PATH}/maven-metadata.xml" | \
-    yq -p xml -r '.metadata.versioning.release' )
+    python scripts/parse_version.py )
 
 echo Downloading $API_GATEWAY_VERSION...
 mkdir -p "${TMP_DIR}"
diff --git a/scripts/parse_version.py b/scripts/parse_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c87edec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/parse_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+def main():
+    xml_data = sys.stdin.read()
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml_data)
+
+    # Navigate to the 'release' element under 'metadata/versioning'
+    release = root.find(".//versioning/release")
+
+    if release is None:
+        raise Exception("Unable to find version")
+
+    print(release.text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()