diff --git a/ci/setup_env.sh b/ci/setup_env.sh
index 02e48f6cb9af1..1834b9674d898 100755
--- a/ci/setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_env.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ echo
 echo "update conda"
 conda config --set ssl_verify false
 conda config --set quiet true --set always_yes true --set changeps1 false
+conda install pip  # create conda to create a historical artifact for pip & setuptools
 conda update -n base conda
 
 echo "conda info -a"