diff --git a/roles/common/files/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh b/roles/common/files/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh
index c87a317a60c292d7a546bed0c7f39830756a9316..c2504df1f4026ddd7520eacf5ebecaedd5779c02 100755
--- a/roles/common/files/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh
+++ b/roles/common/files/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ for environment in "$config_dir"/*; do
 
 	# Deploy the existing requirements file and the new one.
 	sed -e 's/[[:blank:]]*#.*//' "$req_txt" | grep -v "^$" | sort -u > "$tmp_current" 
-	if ! pip-compile --no-header --no-annotate --no-index --output-file "$tmp_new" --upgrade "$req_in" > /dev/null; then
+	if ! pip-compile --allow-unsafe --no-header --no-annotate --no-index --output-file "$tmp_new" --upgrade "$req_in" > /dev/null; then
 	    error "Failed while running pip-compile command against (see error stack trace above): $req_in"
 	    continue
 	fi