diff --git a/tempest/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic b/tempest/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
index 0935c3e6..b4c0564a 100644
--- a/tempest/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
+++ b/tempest/Dockerfile.ubuntu_bionic
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN set -ex ;\
         python3-pip \
         libssl-dev \
         git ;\
+    pip3 install -U pip ;\
     git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/tempest ;\
     git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/cinder-tempest-plugin ;\
     git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/heat-tempest-plugin ;\
diff --git a/vbmc/Dockerfile.centos_7 b/vbmc/Dockerfile.centos_7
index f9a72930..9bd92610 100644
--- a/vbmc/Dockerfile.centos_7
+++ b/vbmc/Dockerfile.centos_7
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ RUN set -ex ;\
       python3-devel \
       python3-pip \
       qemu-kvm ;\
+    pip3 install -U pip ;\
     yum -y group install \
       "Development Tools" ;\
     yum clean all ;\