diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index 276d68c22..077847e8f 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -1045,9 +1045,9 @@ UNLIKELY_EOF
     PATH="$VENV_BIN:$PATH" "$VENV_BIN/python" "$TEMP_DIR/pipstrap.py"
     set +e
     if [ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ]; then
-      "$VENV_BIN/pip" install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt"
+      "$VENV_BIN/pip" install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt"
     else
-      PIP_OUT=`"$VENV_BIN/pip" install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt" 2>&1`
+      PIP_OUT=`"$VENV_BIN/pip" install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt" 2>&1`
     fi
     PIP_STATUS=$?
     set -e
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index 305435a9b..459b020cf 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ UNLIKELY_EOF
     PATH="$VENV_BIN:$PATH" "$VENV_BIN/python" "$TEMP_DIR/pipstrap.py"
     set +e
     if [ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ]; then
-      "$VENV_BIN/pip" install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt"
+      "$VENV_BIN/pip" install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt"
     else
-      PIP_OUT=`"$VENV_BIN/pip" install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt" 2>&1`
+      PIP_OUT=`"$VENV_BIN/pip" install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r "$TEMP_DIR/letsencrypt-auto-requirements.txt" 2>&1`
     fi
     PIP_STATUS=$?
     set -e