diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 75cef075..c3abb79d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ deps =
         mock
         nose
 commands =
+        pip install 'pip<10.0'
         pip install --upgrade Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
         nosetests {posargs}
 
 [testenv:coverage]
 basepython = python
 commands =
+        pip install 'pip<10.0'
         pip install --upgrade Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
         nosetests {posargs:--with-coverage --cover-html-dir={envtmpdir}/coverage}
 
@@ -24,5 +26,6 @@ deps =
     sphinx-rtd-theme
 changedir = docs
 commands =
+        pip install 'pip<10.0'
         pip install --upgrade Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
         sphinx-build -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees -W -T . {envtmpdir}/docs