diff --git a/.evergreen/run-tests.sh b/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
index 9987bd6945..58e3f42ac2 100755
--- a/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-tests.sh
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ if [ -n "$COVERAGE" -a $PYTHON_IMPL = "CPython" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+if $PYTHON -c 'import dns'; then
+  # Trying with/without --user to avoid:
+  # ERROR: Can not perform a '--user' install. User site-packages are not visible in this virtualenv.
+  $PYTHON -m pip install --upgrade --user 'dnspython<2.0.0' || $PYTHON -m pip install --upgrade 'dnspython<2.0.0'
+fi
+
 $PYTHON setup.py clean
 if [ -z "$GREEN_FRAMEWORK" ]; then
     if [ -z "$C_EXTENSIONS" -a $PYTHON_IMPL = "CPython" ]; then