diff --git a/scripts/release/rpm/test_azurelinux_in_docker.sh b/scripts/release/rpm/test_azurelinux_in_docker.sh
index 6161d65a87e..f547ffb0882 100644
--- a/scripts/release/rpm/test_azurelinux_in_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/release/rpm/test_azurelinux_in_docker.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ time az self-test
 time az --version
 
 cd /azure-cli/
-python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+python -m pip install setuptools
 ./scripts/ci/build.sh
 
 # From Fedora36, when using `pip install --prefix` with root privileges, the package is installed into `{prefix}/local/lib`.