Found the answer, added this to my clearml.conf
package_manager: {
        pip_version: "24.1"
      }
but surprising default to pin to 22!
working_dir = .
created virtual environment CPython3.10.12.final.0-64 in 707ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/root/.clearml/venvs-builds/3.10, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=True)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/root/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==24.1, setuptools==70.1.0, wheel==0.43.0
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator
...
Applying uncommitted changes
2024-07-13 23:23:35
Ignoring pip: markers 'python_version < "3.10"' don't match your environment     <====== THIS ???
Collecting pip<22.3
  Downloading pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.2 kB)
Installing collected packages: pip
  Attempting uninstall: pip
    Found existing installation: pip 24.1
    Uninstalling pip-24.1:            <====== THIS !!!
      Successfully uninstalled pip-24.1
Successfully installed pip-22.2.2
2024-07-13 23:23:41
Collecting Cython
  Downloading Cython-3.0.10-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (3.6 MB)
Installing collected packages: Cython
Successfully installed Cython-3.0.10