diff --git a/zstackbuild/pypi_source/requirements.txt b/zstackbuild/pypi_source/requirements.txt
index 868c255d7e..0b5dc7e9b9 100644
--- a/zstackbuild/pypi_source/requirements.txt
+++ b/zstackbuild/pypi_source/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ numpy==1.9.2
 ordereddict==1.1
 paramiko==1.15.2
 pickleDB==0.3
-pip==7.0.3
+pip==21.1
 pycrypto==2.6.1
 pyparsing==1.5.7
 pyroute2==0.5.14