diff --git a/elements/amphora-agent/install.d/75-run_setup_install b/elements/amphora-agent/install.d/75-run_setup_install
index 997ceedd15..b4c4695a77 100755
--- a/elements/amphora-agent/install.d/75-run_setup_install
+++ b/elements/amphora-agent/install.d/75-run_setup_install
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-pip install /opt/amphora-agent
+pip install -U -c /opt/upper-constraints.txt /opt/amphora-agent
 
 mkdir /etc/octavia
 # we assume certs, etc will come in through the config drive
diff --git a/elements/amphora-agent/source-repository-amphora-agent b/elements/amphora-agent/source-repository-amphora-agent
index 456d3f522a..50bcb72f05 100644
--- a/elements/amphora-agent/source-repository-amphora-agent
+++ b/elements/amphora-agent/source-repository-amphora-agent
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # This is temporary until we have a pip package
 amphora-agent git /opt/amphora-agent https://git.openstack.org/openstack/octavia
+upper-constraints file /opt/upper-constraints.txt https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt