diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index bc481dc..dca75a6 100755
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ install:
 
   # Upgrade to the latest version of pip to avoid it displaying warnings
   # about it being out of date.
-  - "pip install --disable-pip-version-check --user --upgrade pip"
+  - "python -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check --user --upgrade pip"
 
   # Install the build dependencies of the project. If some dependencies contain
   # compiled extensions and are not provided as pre-built wheel packages,