diff --git a/docs/blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md b/docs/blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
index 13eecf8f3..d26402293 100644
--- a/docs/blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
+++ b/docs/blog/posts/insiders-now-free-for-everyone.md
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ for quite some time. With the release of [9.7.0], all these features are now ava
 You can upgrade with the following command:
 
 ```
-pip install --upgrade mkdocs-material
+pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall mkdocs-material
 ```
 
 ## Switching from Insiders