diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9da695ef9..845608ff5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ RUN pip3 install --upgrade setuptools
 RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN pip3 install future
 RUN pip3 install six==1.14.0
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip3 install tensorflow==1.14.0
 RUN pip3 install tf_slim