diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index a2869a6d..f5fecb8b 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def install_app(app, bench_path='.', verbose=False, no_cache=False):
 	logger.info('installing {}'.format(app))
 	# find_links = '--find-links={}'.format(conf.get('wheel_cache_dir')) if conf.get('wheel_cache_dir') else ''
 	find_links = ''
-	exec_cmd("{pip} install {quiet} {find_links} -e {app} {no_cache}".format(
+	exec_cmd("{pip} install {quiet} {find_links} -U -e {app} {no_cache}".format(
 				pip=os.path.join(bench_path, 'env', 'bin', 'pip'),
 				quiet="-q" if not verbose else "",
 				no_cache='--no-cache-dir' if no_cache else '',
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index cfa7a400..3ad94d9c 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -431,8 +431,6 @@ def update_requirements(bench_path='.'):
 
 	exec_cmd("{pip} install --upgrade pip".format(pip=pip))
 
-	apps_dir = os.path.join(bench_path, 'apps')
-
 	# Update bench requirements
 	bench_req_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(bench.__path__[0]), 'requirements.txt')
 	install_requirements(pip, bench_req_file)
@@ -504,7 +502,7 @@ def update_npm_packages(bench_path='.'):
 
 def install_requirements(pip, req_file):
 	if os.path.exists(req_file):
-		exec_cmd("{pip} install -q -r {req_file}".format(pip=pip, req_file=req_file))
+		exec_cmd("{pip} install -q -U -r {req_file}".format(pip=pip, req_file=req_file))
 
 def backup_site(site, bench_path='.'):
 	bench.set_frappe_version(bench_path=bench_path)