diff --git a/.github/workflows/techdocs.yml b/.github/workflows/techdocs.yml
index 1b7552dd60..cbfc770696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/techdocs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/techdocs.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: lint techdocs-core package
         working-directory: ./plugins/techdocs/mkdocs/container/techdocs-core
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade
+          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install --index-url https://pypi.org/simple/ -r requirements.txt
           python -m black --check src/