diff --git a/ci/unit-test.template.yml b/ci/unit-test.template.yml
index 50a5f077b57480d2b7f6ba9057fa04d0427819bb..d49e5ec467a86c295c1859bdfeca759319c571cb 100644
--- a/ci/unit-test.template.yml
+++ b/ci/unit-test.template.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     image: ${REGISTRY_URL}/${SERVICE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}
     script:
         - ls -la
+        - pip3 install --upgrade pip
         - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt
         - pytest ./${PATH_PREFIX}${SERVICE_NAME}/test --cov=${SERVICE_NAME} --cov-report=html
     artifacts: