diff --git a/projects/control-service/projects/job-base-image-secure/Dockerfile-data-job-base b/projects/control-service/projects/job-base-image-secure/Dockerfile-data-job-base
index bee6ccff01..141a4ad497 100644
--- a/projects/control-service/projects/job-base-image-secure/Dockerfile-data-job-base
+++ b/projects/control-service/projects/job-base-image-secure/Dockerfile-data-job-base
@@ -97,5 +97,8 @@ FROM photon:latest
 # excluding build dependencies.
 COPY --from=build /usr/local/ /usr/local/
 
-# Installs Python dependencies
-RUN yum install libffi-devel -y
+# Installs Python dependencies and downloads AWS RDS certificates
+RUN : \
+ && yum install libffi-devel -y \
+ && echo "Downloading AWS RDS certificate bundle..." \
+ && wget https://truststore.pki.rds.amazonaws.com/global/global-bundle.pem -O /etc/ssl/certs/global-bundle.pem