diff --git a/vagrant/up.bash b/vagrant/up.bash
index dd28ccf5..7fc3b530 100755
--- a/vagrant/up.bash
+++ b/vagrant/up.bash
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #echo "-------------------------------"
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y language-pack-en python-pip python-paramiko libffi-dev libssl-dev python-dev
+sudo pip install --upgrade pip
 sudo pip install markupsafe
 sudo pip install setuptools
 sudo sh -c 'echo "ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers' # see https://askubuntu.com/questions/192050/how-to-run-sudo-command-with-no-password