diff --git a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
index 1afd6427e70ff6bc4c5937f5986241e418751e0c..35016a984fb0dd38b48cef912ed12cfa5d1caec4 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
+++ b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_base
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ FROM centos:centos7.6.1810
 RUN yum -y groupinstall 'Development Tools' && \
     yum -y install epel-release && \
     yum -y install cmake cmake3 gcc git log4cplus-devel python3 python3-devel python3-pip which wget curl atop valgrind && \
+    python3 -m pip install -U pip && \
     pip3 install kombu==4.6.8 requests coverage python-qpid-proton && \
     adduser lofarsys && \
     mkdir -p /opt/lofar && chown -R lofarsys:lofarsys /opt