diff --git a/build-py-project.sh b/build-py-project.sh
index c17d4bb51538d49a73a0184b7a518bdd7031fe57..680e1670a13c77fbf2f71616233039eb0b7722f6 100644
--- a/build-py-project.sh
+++ b/build-py-project.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export PATH=`pwd`/.env/local/bin:$PATH
 
 PIP="${PY_EXE} $(which pip)"
 
+$PIP install --upgrade pip
 $PIP install setuptools
 
 # Pinned to 3.0.4 because of https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/2434