diff --git a/devops/gcp/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile b/devops/gcp/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
index 370f23241974b8273c72df907d17c36347d1552d..988a80d251f73379cf3ad42571b424d3a1819512 100644
--- a/devops/gcp/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
+++ b/devops/gcp/bootstrap-osdu-module/Dockerfile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ COPY ./deployments /opt/
 
 RUN chmod 775 /opt/bootstrap_schema.sh
 
-RUN pip3 install -r /opt/scripts/requirements.txt && pip3 install -r /opt/scripts/gcp-deployment-requirements.txt
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install -r /opt/scripts/requirements.txt && pip3 install -r /opt/scripts/gcp-deployment-requirements.txt
 
 CMD ["/bin/bash", "-c", "source /opt/bootstrap_schema.sh"]