diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8ad78ae5ea66bd467be6f2688a5faaa075089720..eda22c2db03cc87fd7340ea47e2f216793a2c4f1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from ubuntu:16.04
+
+# Install packages
 RUN apt-get update &&\
     apt-get -y upgrade &&\
     apt-get install -y \
@@ -7,6 +9,9 @@ RUN apt-get update &&\
         pkg-config &&\
     apt-get clean
 
+# Update pip
+RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip
+
 # Install barrnap
 WORKDIR /tmp
 RUN wget https://github.com/tseemann/barrnap/archive/0.8.tar.gz &&\