diff --git a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64/04-install-packages.sh b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64/04-install-packages.sh
index aeb8fc76..412db828 100755
--- a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64/04-install-packages.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-RHEL-7.6-x86_64/04-install-packages.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sudo ln -s /opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python3
 sudo ln -s /opt/rh/rh-python36/root/usr/bin/pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip3
 # We shouldn't use yum to install virtualenv. The one found from package repo is not
 # working, but we can use installed pip
-sudo pip install --upgrade pip
+sudo pip install --upgrade "pip < 21.0"
 sudo pip install virtualenv wheel
 
 # Needed by packaging scripts