diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index de8bbbe..11a4289 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: apt-get update ; apt-get install -y make git curl python3 python3-pip wget imagemagick locales
       - run: locale-gen "en_US.UTF-8"; update-locale LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
       - checkout
+      - run: pip3 install --upgrade pip
       - run: make install PIP_INSTALL="pip3 install"
       - run: pip3 install -r requirements-test.txt
       - run: make coverage LC_ALL=en_US.utf8