diff --git a/projects/spdk/Dockerfile b/projects/spdk/Dockerfile
index 9ac85748e..951bf604a 100644
--- a/projects/spdk/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/spdk/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make curl yasm autoconf libtool meson nasm
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spdk/spdk && \
     cd spdk && \
     git submodule update --init