diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ec1e43aea21f90801cd7b6f08fa447c2e19b54bd..8da5837d22c58a6b76e81b2681a6be0b46e998db 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ default:
       - .pip-cache/
   before_script:
     - python3 --version
-    - pip install --upgrade pip
+    - python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
     - pip install build twine
 
 stages: