diff --git a/patch-image.sh b/patch-image.sh
index 039c7e8ed..c883afa7c 100755
--- a/patch-image.sh
+++ b/patch-image.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
     git checkout FETCH_HEAD
 
     SKIP_GENERATE_AUTHORS=1 SKIP_WRITE_GIT_CHANGELOG=1 python3 setup.py sdist
-    pip3 install --prefix /usr dist/*.tar.gz
+    python3 -m pip install --prefix /usr dist/*.tar.gz
 done < "$PATCH_FILE"
 
 dnf remove -y python3-pip git-core
diff --git a/prepare-image.sh b/prepare-image.sh
index 665d6f11a..b449f9e19 100755
--- a/prepare-image.sh
+++ b/prepare-image.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [[ "$INSTALL_TYPE" == "source" ]]; then
     # NOTE(dtantsur): pip is a requirement of python3 in CentOS
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     dnf install -y python3-pip $BUILD_DEPS
-    python3 -m pip install pip==21.3.1
+    python3 -m pip install pip==24.1
 
     IRONIC_PKG_LIST_FINAL="/tmp/ironic-${INSTALL_TYPE}-list-final"
 
diff --git a/resources/vbmc/Dockerfile b/resources/vbmc/Dockerfile
index 2482bfc68..701b70794 100644
--- a/resources/vbmc/Dockerfile
+++ b/resources/vbmc/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y libvirt-dev ssh gcc && \
     apt-get clean && \
-    pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir \
         virtualbmc=="${VIRTUALBMC_VERSION}" && \
     apt-get --purge autoremove -y gcc