diff --git a/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh b/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
index d1a96e8ba739e72b83036a1a82f93fe25d58820b..2702874085417a60047f70b25213daf25272ff69 100755
--- a/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
+++ b/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ apt-get install libssl-dev -y
 echo "----> Installing Python3, Pip3 and curl"
 apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip curl jq
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
 echo "----> Installing virtualenv and wrapper"
 pip3 install virtualenv
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/services/pytest/install.sh b/src/test/clmctest/services/pytest/install.sh
index db3d235890bfc5688d9cb89ba816279e770337b8..dc6a734a5a811b07701202348a77a0cc63742f7d 100755
--- a/src/test/clmctest/services/pytest/install.sh
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/services/pytest/install.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 apt-get update -o Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order::=gz
 apt-get -y install python3 python3-pip python-influxdb  
 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python /usr/bin/python3 10
+pip3 install --upgrade pip
 
 pip3 install pytest pyyaml schema
 pip3 install --upgrade influxdb