diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.dht_node b/docker/Dockerfile.dht_node
index d44370fc5..9399911d9 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.dht_node
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.dht_node
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RUN chown -R $user:$user $projects_dir
 USER $user
 WORKDIR $projects_dir
 
+RUN python3 -m pip install -U setuptools pip
 RUN make install
 RUN python3 docker/set_build.py
 RUN rm ~/.cache -rf