diff --git a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
index 34245bbd7d6c..fb9783db4dd2 100755
--- a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
@@ -1307,13 +1307,14 @@ cd_pypi_publish() {
 
 cd_s3_publish() {
     set -ex
-    pip3 install --user awscli
+    pip3 install --upgrade --user awscli
     filepath=$(readlink -f wheel_build/dist/*.whl)
     filename=$(basename $filepath)
     variant=$(echo $filename | cut -d'-' -f1 | cut -d'_' -f2 -s)
     if [ -z "${variant}" ]; then
         variant="cpu"
     fi
+    export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
     aws s3 cp ${filepath} s3://apache-mxnet/dist/python/${variant}/${filename} --grants read=uri=http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers full=id=43f628fab72838a4f0b929d7f1993b14411f4b0294b011261bc6bd3e950a6822
 }