diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 209d7efb8a8c4f9a3e68438e7157219eaf20b01c..42b3ac8107342dff6cf140818c961dc3cf79e2a3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ init_ansible() {
     install_packages  curl git python3-pip python3-venv python3-apt python3-psycopg2 sudo locales locales-all
     echo "[2/$total_steps] Installing Ansible..."
     python3 -m venv $ansible_venv_path
+    $ansible_venv_path/bin/pip3 install --upgrade pip
     $ansible_venv_path/bin/pip3 install ansible=="$ansible_version"
 
     echo "[2/$total_steps] Creating ansible configuration files in $ansible_conf_path..."