diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_rocky.yml b/.github/workflows/build_rocky.yml
index 059f5e0..095ae46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_rocky.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_rocky.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
                          sqlite-devel bzip2-devel zlib-devel openssl-devel xz-devel      \
                          readline-devel ncurses-devel libffi-devel libuuid-devel git-lfs \
                          findutils swig
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
           ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
 
       - name: Install aws cli