diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 4d2da86b41..44ab8ed83f 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ set /files/etc/sysctl.conf/net.core.wmem_max 2097152
 sudo sed -i 's/^#syslog = yes/syslog = yes/' $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/mcelog/mcelog.conf
 
 ## docker-py is needed by Ansible docker module
-sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT easy_install pip
+sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT easy_install 'pip==20.3.3'
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install 'docker-py==1.6.0'
 ## Note: keep pip installed for maintainance purpose
 
diff --git a/dockers/docker-config-engine/Dockerfile.j2 b/dockers/docker-config-engine/Dockerfile.j2
index 06e03efd70..8dca69e567 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-config-engine/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/dockers/docker-config-engine/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RUN apt-get update
 # Dependencies for sonic-cfggen
 RUN apt-get install -y python-lxml python-yaml python-bitarray python-pip python-dev python-natsort
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip==20.3.3
 
 RUN pip install netaddr==0.7.19 ipaddr==2.2.0 jinja2==2.11.2 pyangbind==0.5.10