diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f7b15a9af3..c59d41a226 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ARG CASS_DRIVER_BUILD_CONCURRENCY="8"
 ARG PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE="python:3.6-slim-buster"
 ARG PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION="3.6"
 
-ARG PIP_VERSION=20.2.4
+ARG AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=20.2.4
 
 ##############################################################################################
 # This is the build image where we build all dependencies
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ ENV PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE=${PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE}
 ARG PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION
 ENV PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=${PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION}
 
-ARG PIP_VERSION
-ENV PIP_VERSION=${PIP_VERSION}
+ARG AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION
+ENV AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}
 
 # Make sure noninteractive debian install is used and language variables set
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ RUN if [[ -f /docker-context-files/.pypirc ]]; then \
         cp /docker-context-files/.pypirc /root/.pypirc; \
     fi
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}"
+RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}"
 
 # By default we do not use pre-cached packages, but in CI/Breeze environment we override this to speed up
 # builds in case setup.py/setup.cfg changed. This is pure optimisation of CI/Breeze builds.
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ ENV AIRFLOW_VERSION=${AIRFLOW_VERSION}
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 \
     LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES=C.UTF-8
 
-ARG PIP_VERSION
-ENV PIP_VERSION=${PIP_VERSION}
+ARG AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION
+ENV AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}
 
 # Install curl and gnupg2 - needed for many other installation steps
 RUN apt-get update \
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ COPY --chown=airflow:root scripts/in_container/prod/entrypoint_prod.sh /entrypoi
 COPY --chown=airflow:root scripts/in_container/prod/clean-logs.sh /clean-logs
 RUN chmod a+x /entrypoint /clean-logs
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}"
+RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}"
 
 # Make /etc/passwd root-group-writeable so that user can be dynamically added by OpenShift
 # See https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/9248
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index 7c730e3e93..80d03971ef 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ ENV AIRFLOW_VERSION=$AIRFLOW_VERSION
 ARG PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION="3.6"
 ENV PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION=${PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR_VERSION}
 
-ARG PIP_VERSION=20.2.4
-ENV PIP_VERSION=${PIP_VERSION}
+ARG AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=20.2.4
+ENV AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}
 
 # Print versions
 RUN echo "Base image: ${PYTHON_BASE_IMAGE}"
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ ENV INSTALL_FROM_DOCKER_CONTEXT_FILES=${INSTALL_FROM_DOCKER_CONTEXT_FILES}
 ARG INSTALL_FROM_PYPI="true"
 ENV INSTALL_FROM_PYPI=${INSTALL_FROM_PYPI}
 
-RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}"
+RUN pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}"
 
 # In case of CI builds we want to pre-install master version of airflow dependencies so that
 # We do not have to always reinstall it from the scratch.
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@ ENV UPGRADE_TO_LATEST_CONSTRAINTS=${UPGRADE_TO_LATEST_CONSTRAINTS}
 RUN if [[ ${INSTALL_FROM_PYPI} == "true" ]]; then \
         if [[ "${UPGRADE_TO_LATEST_CONSTRAINTS}" != "false" ]]; then \
             pip install -e ".[${AIRFLOW_EXTRAS}]" --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager; \
-            pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}"; \
+            pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}"; \
         else \
             pip install -e ".[${AIRFLOW_EXTRAS}]" --upgrade --upgrade-strategy only-if-needed; \
-            pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}"; \
+            pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}"; \
         fi; \
     fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/kubernetes/ci_run_kubernetes_tests.sh b/scripts/ci/kubernetes/ci_run_kubernetes_tests.sh
index 67d379252e..0d405d532f 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/kubernetes/ci_run_kubernetes_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/kubernetes/ci_run_kubernetes_tests.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fi
 
 . "${virtualenv_path}/bin/activate"
 
-pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}" "wheel==${WHEEL_VERSION}"
+pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}" "wheel==${WHEEL_VERSION}"
 
 pip install pytest freezegun pytest-cov \
   --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/${DEFAULT_CONSTRAINTS_BRANCH}/constraints-${HOST_PYTHON_VERSION}.txt"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_airflow_packages.sh b/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_airflow_packages.sh
index 3ec1bcaf61..7ab5b30796 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_airflow_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/libraries/_build_airflow_packages.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function build_airflow_packages::build_airflow_packages() {
     rm -rf -- *egg-info*
     rm -rf -- build
 
-    pip install --upgrade "pip==${PIP_VERSION}" "wheel==${WHEEL_VERSION}"
+    pip install --upgrade "pip==${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION}" "wheel==${WHEEL_VERSION}"
 
     local packages=()
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh b/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
index 70b03dc06d..7d607fdf08 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/libraries/_initialization.sh
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ function initialization::initialize_base_variables() {
     export INSTALLED_EXTRAS="async,amazon,celery,cncf.kubernetes,docker,dask,elasticsearch,ftp,grpc,hashicorp,http,imap,google,microsoft.azure,mysql,postgres,redis,sendgrid,sftp,slack,ssh,statsd,virtualenv"
 
     # default version of PIP USED (This has to be < 20.3 until https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/12838 is solved)
-    PIP_VERSION=${PIP_VERSION:="20.2.4"}
-    export PIP_VERSION
+    AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION=${AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION:="20.2.4"}
+    export AIRFLOW_PIP_VERSION
 
     # We also pin version of wheel used to get consistent builds
     WHEEL_VERSION=${WHEEL_VERSION:="0.36.1"}