diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1c37d1731..95e72349b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update pip
         if: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && matrix.python-version != '2.7' }}
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install pip==21.1.3
       - name: Install project dependencies
         if: ${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         run: |
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update pip
       if: ${{ matrix.python-version != '2.7' }}
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10201
+        python -m pip install pip==21.1.3
     # Still need to properly install the dependencies - it will only skip the download part
     - name: Install project dependencies
       run: |
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update pip
       if: ${{ matrix.python-version != '2.7' }}
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install pip==21.1.3
     - name: Install project dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Update pip
       if: ${{ matrix.python-version != '2.7' }}
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install pip==21.1.3
     - name: Install project dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -r requirements-dev.txt