diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ef5506af629f4d4ad67237764d1b896e0d8fccd7..cb9ed63935d9ce553fdc32495b455424d3392712 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ variables:
 
 before_script:
   - apk update && apk add groff less && apk add py3-pip
-  - pip3 install --upgrade pip3
   - pip3 install awscli
   - $(aws ecr get-login --no-include-email --region us-east-1)
   - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY