diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c3abb79d..18df2205 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ deps =
         mock
         nose
 commands =
-        pip install 'pip<10.0'
-        pip install --upgrade Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager 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
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
         nosetests {posargs:--with-coverage --cover-html-dir={envtmpdir}/coverage}
 
 [testenv:docs]
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ deps =
     sphinx-rtd-theme
 changedir = docs
 commands =
-        pip install 'pip<10.0'
-        pip install --upgrade Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager Tailbone rattail[auth,bouncer] rattail-tempmon
         sphinx-build -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees -W -T . {envtmpdir}/docs