diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 59106b8de2a0c2492cc75cffc07ae87abc96f459..a56acee0686fe56046cf259f63b53d8d7d4d4af0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ COPY *.gz  /tmp/python-dependencies/
 ## copy in the python libs and then 
 RUN cd /usr/local/lib64 && tar -xvf *_UsrLocalLib64.tar.gz && rm *_UsrLocalLib64.tar.gz \
     && cd /usr/local/lib && tar -xvf *_UsrLocalLib.tar.gz && rm *_UsrLocalLib.tar.gz \
-    && pip3 install --prefix=/usr/local --upgrade --find-links /tmp/python-dependencies/ /tmp/confluent_docker_utils-0.0.44-py3-none-any.whl
+    && pip3 install --prefix=/usr/local --find-links /tmp/python-dependencies/ /tmp/confluent_docker_utils-0.0.44-py3-none-any.whl
     
 ## dub installed
 ########################################