diff --git a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 745e8355aa..86384114ed 100644
--- a/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/gnocchi/gnocchi-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpq-dev \
 ADD gnocchi-base-archive /gnocchi-base-source
 RUN ln -s gnocchi-base-source/* gnocchi \
     && useradd --user-group gnocchi \
-    && pip --no-cache-dir install /gnocchi \
+    && pip --no-cache-dir install -c requirements/upper-constraints.txt /gnocchi \
     && mkdir -p /etc/gnocchi /var/log/gnocchi /home/gnocchi \
     && cp -r /gnocchi/etc/* /etc/gnocchi/ \
     && chown -R gnocchi: /etc/gnocchi /var/log/gnocchi /home/gnocchi