diff --git a/.devcontainer/onCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/onCreateCommand.sh
index baf4c7aa0..2d8463aef 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/onCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/onCreateCommand.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 python -m ensurepip # ensures pip is installed in the current environment
-pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
 pip install wheel
 pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 # [OPTIONAL] to generate optimized models for inference
 pip install mlcube_docker          # [OPTIONAL] to deploy GaNDLF models as MLCube-compliant Docker containers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
index 64421525b..3e7fd0864 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/black.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
           python -m pip install black==${{ env.BLACK_VERSION }}
       
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 03c911647..ba5e79b7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
         pip install scikit-build
         pip install -e .
         pip install build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
index 064f6a053..69a94fa31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mlcube-test.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
         python -m pip install wheel
         python -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 mlcube_docker
         pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
diff --git a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
index 6caa31e97..727a13de0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openfl-test.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
         python -m pip install wheel
         pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
         pip install -e .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
index 21185fd86..d296bcff6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       if: env.publish_nightly
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
         pip install scikit-build
         pip install -e .
         pip install build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
index 6513c5109..c220b7a19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install libvips libvips-tools -y
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
         python -m pip install wheel
         python -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 mlcube_docker
         pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
diff --git a/Dockerfile-CPU b/Dockerfile-CPU
index df066d294..1cb510679 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-CPU
+++ b/Dockerfile-CPU
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LABEL version=1.0
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 RUN apt-get update &&  apt-get install -y  python3.9 python3-pip libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev python3-dev libpython3.9-dev libffi-dev libgl1
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
 # EXPLICITLY install cpu versions of torch/torchvision (not all versions have +cpu modes on PyPI...)
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 opencv-python-headless mlcube_docker
diff --git a/Dockerfile-CUDA11.8 b/Dockerfile-CUDA11.8
index bc4817868..9d5de251f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-CUDA11.8
+++ b/Dockerfile-CUDA11.8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 RUN apt-get update &&  apt-get install -y  python3.9 python3-pip libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev python3-dev libpython3.9-dev libffi-dev libgl1
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 opencv-python-headless mlcube_docker
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-CUDA12.1 b/Dockerfile-CUDA12.1
index 5a520397d..8d4bc90f8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-CUDA12.1
+++ b/Dockerfile-CUDA12.1
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 RUN apt-get update &&  apt-get install -y  python3.9 python3-pip libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev python3-dev libpython3.9-dev libffi-dev libgl1
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 opencv-python-headless mlcube_docker
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-ROCm b/Dockerfile-ROCm
index ee5d7dff8..8c81089fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-ROCm
+++ b/Dockerfile-ROCm
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ LABEL version=1.0
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 RUN add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
 RUN apt-get update &&  apt-get install -y  python3.9 python3-pip libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev python3-dev libpython3.9-dev libffi-dev libgl1
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0
 RUN python3.9 -m pip install torch==2.1.2 torchvision==0.16.2 torchaudio==2.1.2 --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm5.6
-RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip && python3.9 -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 opencv-python-headless mlcube_docker
+RUN python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip==24.0 && python3.9 -m pip install openvino-dev==2023.0.1 opencv-python-headless mlcube_docker
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libgl1
 
 # Do some dependency installation separately here to make layer caching more efficient