diff --git a/docker/cpu/Dockerfile b/docker/cpu/Dockerfile
index 67e2e61bd57..28a3e381953 100644
--- a/docker/cpu/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/cpu/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ WORKDIR $CAFFE_ROOT
 ENV CLONE_TAG=1.0
 
 RUN git clone -b ${CLONE_TAG} --depth 1 https://github.com/BVLC/caffe.git . && \
-    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --upgrade "pip < 21.0" && \
     cd python && for req in $(cat requirements.txt) pydot; do pip install $req; done && cd .. && \
     mkdir build && cd build && \
     cmake -DCPU_ONLY=1 .. && \
diff --git a/docker/gpu/Dockerfile b/docker/gpu/Dockerfile
index dcdbdf326fb..3a40dd615aa 100644
--- a/docker/gpu/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/gpu/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ WORKDIR $CAFFE_ROOT
 ENV CLONE_TAG=1.0
 
 RUN git clone -b ${CLONE_TAG} --depth 1 https://github.com/BVLC/caffe.git . && \
-    pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    pip install --upgrade "pip < 21.0" && \
     cd python && for req in $(cat requirements.txt) pydot; do pip install $req; done && cd .. && \
     git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/nccl.git && cd nccl && make -j install && cd .. && rm -rf nccl && \
     mkdir build && cd build && \