diff --git a/devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile b/devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
index 5d0d37da46504acf42ea71f00ef99174c5938261..a774feba0b3321eab11663f60be7b679ad267196 100644
--- a/devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM gcr.io/google.com/cloudsdktool/cloud-sdk:alpine
 
 WORKDIR /opt
+ENV PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES 1
 COPY ./requirements_bootstrap.txt ./devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module/*.sh /opt/
 COPY ./deployment/ /opt/deployment
 COPY ./devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module /opt/devops/gc/bootstrap-osdu-module