diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fdad0d..59c5d74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Steps to deploy a new Data Services API version :
 
     ```
     # in dataservices-api repo root path:
-    cd server/lib/python/cartodb_services && sudo pip install . --upgrade
+    cd server/lib/python/cartodb_services && pip install -r requirements.txt —upgrade
     ```
 
 - install extensions in user database