diff --git a/leap-upgrades/lib/upgrade-requirements.txt b/leap-upgrades/lib/upgrade-requirements.txt
index 19252ca0f..60b3dcd64 100644
--- a/leap-upgrades/lib/upgrade-requirements.txt
+++ b/leap-upgrades/lib/upgrade-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ###
 cryptography==1.7.2
 packaging==16.8
-pip==9.0.1
+pip==26.0
 setuptools==33.1.1
 virtualenv==15.1.0
 wheel==0.29.0