diff --git a/run-tests.bat b/run-tests.bat
index 045738ad..826e22f4 100644
--- a/run-tests.bat
+++ b/run-tests.bat
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ REM Activate the EDFI_PERFORMANCE virtual environment for the remainder of this
 call C:\virtualenv\EDFI_PERFORMANCE\Scripts\activate.bat
 
 REM Install test suite dependencies.
+SET PYTHONWARNINGS=ignore:DEPRECATION
+python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 REM Launch the test run.