diff --git a/pip.sh b/pip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cdd3588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+pip install pip==20.2.3
+pip install "$@"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index aea173f..890b193 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ minversion = 3.2.0
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          PYTHONHASHSEED=0
 install_command =
-  pip install {opts} {packages}
+  {toxinidir}/pip.sh install {opts} {packages}
 
 commands = nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=zaza.openstack {posargs} {toxinidir}/unit_tests