diff --git a/cni.Dockerfile b/cni.Dockerfile
index c749f57d3..ea21f7d69 100644
--- a/cni.Dockerfile
+++ b/cni.Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ ARG OSLO_LOCK_PATH=/var/kuryr-lock
 
 RUN yum install -y epel-release https://rdoproject.org/repos/rdo-release.rpm \
     && yum install -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs python-pip iproute bridge-utils openvswitch sudo jq \
-    && yum install -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs gcc python-devel git
+    && yum install -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs gcc python-devel git \
+    && pip install -U setuptools
 
 COPY . /opt/kuryr-kubernetes
 
diff --git a/controller.Dockerfile b/controller.Dockerfile
index a7e7adfc0..14f188b28 100644
--- a/controller.Dockerfile
+++ b/controller.Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ ARG UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE="https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirement
 
 RUN yum install -y epel-release \
     && yum install -y --setopt=tsflags=nodocs python-pip \
-    && yum install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs --assumeyes inet-tools gcc python-devel wget git
+    && yum install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs --assumeyes inet-tools gcc python-devel wget git \
+    && pip install -U setuptools
 
 COPY . /opt/kuryr-kubernetes