diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7112be7e3c9f..3e56afdc60d1 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ stages:
         git submodule update --init
       displayName: 'Fetch submodules'
     - script: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip "setuptools==59.6.0" wheel
+        python -m pip install --upgrade "pip==22.0.4" "setuptools==59.6.0" wheel
       displayName: 'Install tools'
     - powershell: |
         $pyversion = python -c "import sys; print(sys.version.split()[0])"
diff --git a/ci/azure-travis-template.yaml b/ci/azure-travis-template.yaml
index fee4a44b0589..957a3ea3a76c 100644
--- a/ci/azure-travis-template.yaml
+++ b/ci/azure-travis-template.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ steps:
   displayName: 'Add ccache to path'
 - script: >-
     pip install --upgrade ${{parameters.numpy_spec}} &&
-    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools==59.6.0 wheel &&
+    pip install --upgrade pip==22.0.4 setuptools==59.6.0 wheel &&
     pip install ${{parameters.other_spec}}
     cython
     gmpy2