diff --git a/scheduler/Dockerfile b/scheduler/Dockerfile
index 557d7fb9a016c6c0df0ea06d8b9cb09e97ae0269..3a72d3d30baaa8034fa3d567152a2ac1ae1f1e8b 100644
--- a/scheduler/Dockerfile
+++ b/scheduler/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
-RUN pip install .
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip && pip install .
 
 #EXPOSE 5000
 #CMD ["scheduler", "run"]