diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index 5ed143e..304e21a 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -113,12 +113,11 @@
     system => true,
   }
 
+  $upgrade_pip_command = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install --upgrade pip"
   if $install_dependencies_from_filesystem {
-    $install_requirements_command       = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt --no-index --find-links ${python_dependency_path}"
-    $install_local_requirements_command = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r local_requirements.txt --no-index --find-links ${python_dependency_path}"
+    $install_requirements_command       = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r local_requirements.txt --no-index --find-links ${python_dependency_path}"
   } else {
-    $install_requirements_command       = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt"
-    $install_local_requirements_command = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r local_requirements.txt"
+    $install_requirements_command       = "${venv_dir}/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r local_requirements.txt"
   }
 
   archive { $local_tarball:
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
       extract_path  => $install_root,
       creates       => $software_directory_with_version,
       cleanup       => true,
-      notify        => Exec['install python requirements'],
+      notify        => Exec['upgrade pip'],
     }
 
     exec { 'netbox permission':
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@
     file_line { 'napalm':
       path    => "${software_directory}/local_requirements.txt",
       line    => 'napalm',
-      notify  => Exec['install local python requirements'],
+      notify  => Exec['install python requirements'],
       require => File['local_requirements']
     }
   }
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@
     file_line { 'django_storages':
       path    => "${software_directory}/local_requirements.txt",
       line    => 'django-storages',
-      notify  => Exec['install local python requirements'],
+      notify  => Exec['install python requirements'],
       require => File['local_requirements']
     }
   }
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@
     file_line { 'ldap':
       path    => "${software_directory}/local_requirements.txt",
       line    => 'django-auth-ldap',
-      notify  => Exec['install local python requirements'],
+      notify  => Exec['install python requirements'],
       require => File['local_requirements']
     }
   }
@@ -184,23 +183,23 @@
     cwd     => '/tmp',
     unless  => "/usr/bin/grep '^[\\t ]*VIRTUAL_ENV=[\\\\'\\\"]*${venv_dir}[\\\"\\\\'][\\t ]*$' ${venv_dir}/bin/activate",
   }
-  ~>exec { 'install python requirements':
+  ~>exec { 'upgrade pip':
     cwd         => $software_directory,
     path        => [ "${venv_dir}/bin", '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
     environment => ["VIRTUAL_ENV=${venv_dir}"],
     provider    => shell,
     user        => $user,
-    command     => $install_requirements_command,
+    command     => $upgrade_pip_command,
     onlyif      => "/usr/bin/grep '^[\\t ]*VIRTUAL_ENV=[\\\\'\\\"]*${venv_dir}[\\\"\\\\'][\\t ]*$' ${venv_dir}/bin/activate",
     refreshonly => true,
   }
-  ~>exec { 'install local python requirements':
+  ~>exec { 'install python requirements':
     cwd         => $software_directory,
     path        => [ "${venv_dir}/bin", '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
     environment => ["VIRTUAL_ENV=${venv_dir}"],
     provider    => shell,
     user        => $user,
-    command     => $install_local_requirements_command,
+    command     => $install_requirements_command,
     onlyif      => "/usr/bin/grep '^[\\t ]*VIRTUAL_ENV=[\\\\'\\\"]*${venv_dir}[\\\"\\\\'][\\t ]*$' ${venv_dir}/bin/activate",
     refreshonly => true,
   }