diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 600b51c6..dc5d4bf9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             python3 -m venv venv
             source venv/bin/activate
-            pip install pip==21.1.1
-            pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools
+            pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
             pip install -r site/requirements.txt -r requirements.txt
 
       - restore_cache: