diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 3111edb0..6c338dc0 100644
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ install() {
                          libboost-date-time-dev \
                          libboost-thread-dev
 
-    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    pip install --ignore-installed -r requirements.txt
 
     if [ ! -z "$PORTABLE_INSTALL" ]; then
         echo "Replacing g++ and gcc with our scripts for portability..."
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d01f0a89..585e91ee 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ numpy==1.19.2
 pyproj==2.2.2
 Pysolar==0.6
 psutil==5.6.3
-joblib==0.13.2
+joblib==0.17.0
 Fiona==1.8.9.post2
 cryptography==2.8
 pyOpenSSL==19.1.0