diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index dd1cfe3a..27243b1d 100755
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -236,3 +236,6 @@ openwisp2_radius_periodic_tasks: true
 openwisp2_usage_metric_collection_periodic_tasks: true
 # point {{ inventory_name }} to localhost in /etc/hosts
 openwisp2_inventory_hostname_localhost: true
+# openwisp2_pip_extra_args controls extra pip arguments used when installing or
+# reinstalling OpenWISP Python packages and dependencies.
+openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade"
diff --git a/docs/user/role-variables.rst b/docs/user/role-variables.rst
index c840d8f8..70770452 100644
--- a/docs/user/role-variables.rst
+++ b/docs/user/role-variables.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ take a look at `the default values of these variables
         openwisp2_monitoring_version: "openwisp-monitoring~=1.0.0"
         openwisp2_radius_version: "openwisp-radius~=1.0.0"
         openwisp2_django_version: "django~=3.2.13"
+        # Extra arguments passed to pip when reinstalling Python packages with --force-reinstall 
+        # By default, packages are upgraded on each playbook run.
+        # Can be overridden, for example:
+        # openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade --force-reinstall"
+        openwisp2_pip_extra_args: "--upgrade"
         # Setting this to true will enable subnet division feature of
         # openwisp-controller. Refer openwisp-controller documentation
         # for more information. https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller#subnet-division-app
diff --git a/tasks/pip.yml b/tasks/pip.yml
index 846621f9..feb9d96a 100644
--- a/tasks/pip.yml
+++ b/tasks/pip.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   environment:
     LC_CTYPE: "en_US.UTF-8"
   notify: Reload application
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -88,6 +92,7 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-cors-headers.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_django_cors.get('enabled')
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-postgresql.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.postgresql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis"]
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -174,6 +182,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-mysql.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_database.engine in ["django.db.backends.mysql", "django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql"]
   retries: 5
   delay: 10
@@ -214,6 +223,7 @@
     requirements: "{{ openwisp2_path }}/requirements-celery-email.txt"
     virtualenv: "{{ virtualenv_path }}"
     virtualenv_python: "{{ openwisp2_python }}"
+    extra_args: "{{ openwisp2_pip_extra_args }}"
   when: openwisp2_email_backend == "djcelery_email.backends.CeleryEmailBackend"
   notify: Reload application
   retries: 5