diff --git a/scripts/eachdist.py b/scripts/eachdist.py
index cfa1764ab3..7964d74a0f 100755
--- a/scripts/eachdist.py
+++ b/scripts/eachdist.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def install_args(args):
                 "pip",
                 "install",
                 "--upgrade",
-                "pip",
+                "pip==20.2.4",
                 "setuptools",
                 "wheel",
             ]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b968225645..85db0cc423 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ changedir =
 
 commands_pre =
 ; Install without -e to test the actual installation
-  py3{5,6,7,8}: python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+  py3{5,6,7,8}: python -m pip install -U pip==20.2.4 setuptools wheel
 ; Install common packages for all the tests. These are not needed in all the
 ; cases but it saves a lot of boilerplate in this file.
   test: pip install {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk {toxinidir}/tests/util
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ deps =
   httpretty
 
 commands_pre =
+  python -m pip install -U pip==20.2.4
   python scripts/eachdist.py install --editable --with-test-deps
 
 commands =