diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index 526a8220c4..131d6106a3 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ sudo LANG=C DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y in
     ndisc6                  \
     makedumpfile            \
     conntrack               \
+    python-pip              \
     jq
 
 
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ if [[ $CONFIGURED_ARCH == amd64 ]]; then
 fi
 
 ## docker-py is needed by Ansible docker module
-sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT easy_install 'pip==20.3.3'
+sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install --upgrade 'pip==20.3.3'
 sudo https_proxy=$https_proxy LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT pip install 'docker-py==1.6.0'
 ## Note: keep pip installed for maintainance purpose