diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91951fd6d0..f4f1509200 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: "18" # needs to be also updated in .nvmrc
   PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
+  PIP_VERSION: "24.2" # stick to it while https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/13046 is not fixed, needs to be also updated in scripts/define_variable.sh
   MARIADB_VERSION: "10.4.10"
   COVERALLS_VERSION: "3.3.1" # check if Coverage needs to be also updated in requirements-ci.txt
   TYPESENSE_VERSION: "27.0" # needs to be also updated in scripts/define_variable.sh
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}"
 
       - name: Upgrade pip
-        run: pip install --upgrade pip
+        run: pip install pip==${{ env.PIP_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Retrieve pip cache directory
         id: pip-cache
@@ -188,8 +189,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}"
 
       - name: Upgrade pip
-        run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip
+        run: pip install pip==${{ env.PIP_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Retrieve pip cache directory
         id: pip-cache
diff --git a/scripts/define_variable.sh b/scripts/define_variable.sh
index 6286b37c35..861cc1e4ee 100644
--- a/scripts/define_variable.sh
+++ b/scripts/define_variable.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ if [[ $ZDS_VENV_VERSION == "" ]]; then
     ZDS_VENV_VERSION="20.24.5"
 fi
 
+if [[ $ZDS_PIP_VERSION == "" ]]; then
+    ZDS_PIP_VERSION="24.2" # stick to it while https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/13046 is not fixed, needs to be also updated in .github/workflows/ci.yml
+fi
+
 ZDS_NODE_VERSION=$(cat $ZDSSITE_DIR/.nvmrc)
 
 if [[ $ZDS_NVM_VERSION == "" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/install_zds.sh b/scripts/install_zds.sh
index a778ff8e18..703fa86343 100755
--- a/scripts/install_zds.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_zds.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ if ! $(_in "--force-skip-activating" $@) && [[ ( $VIRTUAL_ENV == "" || $(realpat
 
     # Some dependencies (like rust ones) require a recent pip:
     print_info "* upgrading pip"
-    pip install --upgrade pip; exVal=$?
+    pip install pip==$ZDS_PIP_VERSION; exVal=$?
 
     if [[ $exVal != 0 ]]; then
         print_error "!! Failed to upgrade pip"