diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 391388c..a4cf7fa 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ steps:
       - cd ./src/rust/namegen-lambda
       - apt-get update
       - apt-get install -y python3-pip
-      - pip3 install cargo-lambda
+      - python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - python3 -m pip install cargo-lambda
       - cargo lambda build --release
       - cd ./target/lambda/namegen_lambda
       - cp ../../output/_combined.json names.json