diff --git a/azure-pipelines-windows-template-qt6.yml b/azure-pipelines-windows-template-qt6.yml
index 60f7dfe6..07bbb4f2 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-windows-template-qt6.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-windows-template-qt6.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       versionSpec: '3.13'
       architecture: 'x64'
   - script: |
+      pip install -U pip
       pip install aqtinstall
       mkdir C:\Qt
       python -m aqt install-qt windows desktop ${{ parameters.qt_version }} ${{ parameters.qt_aqt_spec }} -O c:\Qt -m qt5compat qtmultimedia qtimageformats
diff --git a/azure-pipelines-windows-template.yml b/azure-pipelines-windows-template.yml
index 779b6c11..fa036fa9 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-windows-template.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-windows-template.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       versionSpec: '3.13'
       architecture: 'x64'
   - script: |
+      pip install -U pip
       pip install aqtinstall
       mkdir C:\Qt
       python -m aqt install-qt windows desktop ${{ parameters.qt_version }} ${{ parameters.qt_aqt_spec }} -O c:\Qt