diff --git a/backend/secfit/.gitlab-ci.yml b/backend/secfit/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c09fa062e09e40a6a5818867424f65db7db7b183..68e8083e41f0e1db0dee1dc34895f9b150e316a3 100644
--- a/backend/secfit/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backend/secfit/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ deploy:
   image: python:3.8.5-slim
   before_script:
     - apt-get clean
+    - pip install --upgrade pip
     - pip install -r backend/secfit/requirements.txt
   cache:
     paths: