diff --git a/util/install/ansible-bootstrap.sh b/util/install/ansible-bootstrap.sh
index 5c7d37a..47d173f 100755
--- a/util/install/ansible-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/util/install/ansible-bootstrap.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ fi
 # Bootstrapping constants
 #
 VIRTUAL_ENV_VERSION="13.1.2"
+PIP_VERSION="7.1.2"
+SETUPTOOLS_VERSION="18.3.2"
 VIRTUAL_ENV="/tmp/bootstrap"
 PYTHON_BIN="${VIRTUAL_ENV}/bin"
 ANSIBLE_DIR="/tmp/ansible"
@@ -108,10 +110,11 @@ add-apt-repository -y "${EDX_PPA}"
 apt-get update -y
 apt-get install -y build-essential sudo git-core python2.7 python2.7-dev python-pip python-apt python-yaml python-jinja2 libmysqlclient-dev
 
-pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+pip install --upgrade pip=="${PIP_VERSION}"
 
 # pip moves to /usr/local/bin when upgraded
 PATH=/usr/local/bin:${PATH}
+pip install setuptools=="${SETUPTOOLS_VERSION}"
 pip install virtualenv=="${VIRTUAL_ENV_VERSION}"
 
 # create a new virtual env
diff --git a/util/install/sandbox.sh b/util/install/sandbox.sh
index dc9d600..ce1506b 100644
--- a/util/install/sandbox.sh
+++ b/util/install/sandbox.sh
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ sudo apt-get upgrade -y
 ## Install system pre-requisites
 ##
 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential software-properties-common curl git-core libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python-pip libmysqlclient-dev python-apt python-dev libxmlsec1-dev libfreetype6-dev swig gcc-4.8 g++-4.8
-sudo pip install --upgrade pip
-sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
-sudo -H pip install --upgrade virtualenv
+sudo pip install --upgrade pip==7.1.2
+sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools==18.3.2
+sudo -H pip install --upgrade virtualenv==13.1.2
 
 ##
 ## Update alternatives so that gcc/g++ 4.8 is the default compiler