diff --git a/build/ci/jenkins/Scale.groovy b/build/ci/jenkins/Scale.groovy
index 51b00f951d..cbde7fe904 100644
--- a/build/ci/jenkins/Scale.groovy
+++ b/build/ci/jenkins/Scale.groovy
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pipeline {
                 container('milvus-test') {
                     dir ('tests/python_client'){
                         sh """
+                        pip install --upgrade setuptools
                         pip install --upgrade pip
                         pip install -r requirements.txt
                         pip install --upgrade protobuf