diff --git a/install_wolf.sh b/install_wolf.sh
index 0c5325c0d4e7879ee4dd4e9afa9e4dc5db69673e..70ef1680da414b27a794d1cba41aa0ff1b4ec470 100755
--- a/install_wolf.sh
+++ b/install_wolf.sh
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ if [ $UBUNTU_DISTRO == "18.04" ]; then
    func_echo "Ubuntu 18.04 - OK"
 elif [ $UBUNTU_DISTRO == "20.04" ]; then
    func_echo "Ubuntu 20.04 - OK"
+elif [ $UBUNTU_DISTRO == "22.04" ]; then
+   func_echo "Ubuntu 22.04 - OK"
 else
    func_echo_error "Non-supported Ubuntu version: ${UBUNTU_DISTRO}"
    exit 1
@@ -209,12 +211,23 @@ func_echo "path dependencies: $DEPS_PATH"
 
 func_echo "Installing dependencies via apt install..."
 
-if [ "$UID" -eq 0 -o "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
-   #apt install -y git wget unzip dh-autoreconf cmake build-essential libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
-   apt install -y git wget unzip cmake build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+# install packages (apt & pip)
+if [ $UBUNTU_DISTRO == "18.04" ]; then # Ensure required CMAKE version with pip in ubuntu 18.04
+   if [ "$UID" -eq 0 -o "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
+      apt install -y git wget unzip python-pip build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+      pip install --upgrade pip
+      pip install cmake==3.16.*
+   else
+      sudo apt install -y git wget unzip python-pip build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+      sudo pip install --upgrade pip
+      sudo pip install cmake==3.16.*
+   fi
 else
-   #sudo apt install -y git wget unzip dh-autoreconf cmake build-essential libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
-   sudo apt install -y git wget unzip cmake build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+   if [ "$UID" -eq 0 -o "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
+      apt install -y git wget unzip cmake build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+   else
+      sudo apt install -y git wget unzip cmake build-essential libeigen3-dev libgoogle-glog-dev libgflags-dev libatlas-base-dev libsuitesparse-dev git libboost-all-dev libyaml-cpp-dev wget unzip
+   fi
 fi
 
 # ceres