diff --git a/util/venv-dependencies.sh b/util/venv-dependencies.sh
index f08deb6a7..548ec8483 100755
--- a/util/venv-dependencies.sh
+++ b/util/venv-dependencies.sh
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ source "$1/bin/activate"
 
 # Below this line, we are only installing into the virtualenv at "$1"
 
-our_pip_install --upgrade pip
+our_pip_install --upgrade 'pip < 21.0'
 
 # The pip we want should be in our path now. Make sure we use it.
 hash -r