diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index aa0bd527a..18eeb8376 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.8.3
 RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | bash -
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y npm netcat nodejs python-dev libmemcached-dev
 
-#RUN pip install --upgrade pip  # make things faster, hopefully
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 COPY codalab/requirements/requirements.txt requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt