diff --git a/packages/python/proto2python.sh b/packages/python/proto2python.sh
index f6343a67c..bb090459b 100755
--- a/packages/python/proto2python.sh
+++ b/packages/python/proto2python.sh
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ mkdir -p $ARMONIK_WORKER $ARMONIK_CLIENT $ARMONIK_COMMON $PACKAGE_PATH
 # for debian/ubuntu if you don't have python 3 installed:
 # sudo apt install python3-venv python3 python-is-python3 python3-pip
 
-python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python -m venv $PYTHON_VENV
 source $PYTHON_VENV/bin/activate
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 python -m pip install build grpcio grpcio-tools setuptools_scm[toml]
 
 unset proto_files