diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 04e84b5..4da119f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RUN mkdir files/
 COPY files/requirements.txt files/requirements.txt
 RUN sleep 5
 # Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r files/requirements.txt
 
 # Expose port 8080 for the FastAPI application