diff --git a/data-solutions/gcs-to-bq/scripts/data_ingestion/README.md b/data-solutions/gcs-to-bq/scripts/data_ingestion/README.md
index f706021c2..badc4d1ca 100644
--- a/data-solutions/gcs-to-bq/scripts/data_ingestion/README.md
+++ b/data-solutions/gcs-to-bq/scripts/data_ingestion/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Create a new virtual environment (recommended) and install requirements:
 ```
 virtualenv env
 source ./env/bin/activate
+pip3 install --upgrade setuptools pip
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 ```