diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b3719fb62..8453812e81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Release 132.0.3 (in development)
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix a bug where Salt master process may report an error about `VerboseLogger`
+  not having attributes `trace`
+  (PR[#4831](https://github.com/scality/metalk8s/pull/4831))
+
 ## Release 132.0.2
 
 ## Release 132.0.1
diff --git a/images/salt-master/Dockerfile b/images/salt-master/Dockerfile
index b670882322..5cc091aaef 100644
--- a/images/salt-master/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/salt-master/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@ gpgkey=https://downloads.scality.com/repository/redhat/\$releasever/saltstack/%s
  && microdnf clean all \
  && microdnf update -y \
  && microdnf install -y glibc-all-langpacks langpacks-en python3-pip epel-release \
- && pip3 install "pip == 21.3.1" \
+ # NOTE: We pin the pip version to 21.1.3 since it's the last version that do not have
+ # the VerboseLogger that may cause issues with salt logger
+ # Sees: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/10212
+ # Sees: https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/9450
+ # It seems newer versions of Salt workaround this issue so it has to be removed
+ # when we will bump the Salt version to a version that does not have this issue
+ # Sees: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/62279
+ && pip3 install "pip == 21.1.3" \
  && pip3 install "protobuf ~= 3.19.4" "etcd3 != 0.11.0" "kubernetes ~= 30.1.0" \
  && microdnf install -y salt-master salt-api salt-ssh openssh-clients procps-ng \
  && microdnf remove -y epel-release \