diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 15fd547ce708..cfc05776128f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ install:
   - travis_wait 5 npm ci
   - npm run clean
   - npx gulp prePublishNonBundle
-  - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+  - python -m pip install --upgrade 'pip<19'
   - python -m pip install --upgrade -r ./build/test-requirements.txt
   - npx gulp installPythonLibs
 
diff --git a/build/ci/templates/compile-and-validate.yml b/build/ci/templates/compile-and-validate.yml
index ea00096fa6d0..27ce3b5164e2 100644
--- a/build/ci/templates/compile-and-validate.yml
+++ b/build/ci/templates/compile-and-validate.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
       inputs:
         filename: python
 
-        arguments: '-m pip install --upgrade pip'
+        arguments: '-m pip install --upgrade "pip<19"'
 
 
     - task: CmdLine@1
diff --git a/build/ci/templates/test-phase.yml b/build/ci/templates/test-phase.yml
index 14cfc8c664df..85e7ea4fa7ae 100644
--- a/build/ci/templates/test-phase.yml
+++ b/build/ci/templates/test-phase.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ steps:
     inputs:
       filename: python
 
-      arguments: '-m pip install --upgrade pip'
+      arguments: '-m pip install --upgrade "pip<19"'
 
 
   - task: CmdLine@1