diff --git a/Dockerfile-dev b/Dockerfile-dev
index 0c55979c..95fce628 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer "devs@bigchaindb.com"
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y vim \
-    && pip install -U pip \
+    && pip install -U pip==18.1 \
     && pip install pynacl \
     && apt-get autoremove \
     && apt-get clean
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/app
 COPY . /usr/src/app/
 WORKDIR /usr/src/app
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --process-dependency-links -e .[dev]
-RUN bigchaindb -y configure
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+RUN bigchaindb -y configure