diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0eb6f4ae..b00ff6b8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ common: &common
           - cache-v1-{{ arch }}-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "setup.py" }}-{{ checksum "tox.ini" }}
     - run:
         name: install dependencies
-        command: python -m pip install --user tox
+        command: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install tox
     - run:
         name: run tox
         command: python -m tox -r
@@ -50,7 +52,9 @@ windows_steps: &windows_steps
           - cache-v1-{{ arch }}-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "setup.py" }}-{{ checksum "tox.ini" }}
     - run:
         name: install dependencies
-        command: python -m pip install --user tox
+        command: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install tox
     - run:
         name: run tox
         command: python -m tox -r