diff --git a/tvb_build/docker/Dockerfile-build b/tvb_build/docker/Dockerfile-build
index ed98fe37e7..b4acca0a5d 100644
--- a/tvb_build/docker/Dockerfile-build
+++ b/tvb_build/docker/Dockerfile-build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RUN service postgresql start && createdb -O postgres tvb-test && psql --command
 
 USER root
 RUN conda update -n base -c defaults conda; conda init bash
-RUN conda create -y --name tvb-run python=3.11 nomkl numba scipy numpy cython psycopg2
+RUN conda create -y --name tvb-run python=3.11 pip nomkl numba scipy numpy cython psycopg2
 RUN conda install -y --name tvb-run -c conda-forge jupyterlab tvb-gdist
 RUN /opt/conda/envs/tvb-run/bin/pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN /opt/conda/envs/tvb-run/bin/pip install lockfile scikit-build