diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fcf6dd5..d1b8277 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Updated pip from 25.3 to 26.0.1. ([#508](https://github.com/heroku/buildpacks-python/pull/508))
+
 ## [5.1.0] - 2026-02-26
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index 0b3d671..c1dd99e 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pip==25.3
+pip==26.0.1
diff --git a/tests/pip_test.rs b/tests/pip_test.rs
index 06025e6..8017c72 100644
--- a/tests/pip_test.rs
+++ b/tests/pip_test.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ fn pip_install_error() {
                 [Installing dependencies using pip]
                 Creating virtual environment
                 Running 'pip install -r requirements.txt'
-                ERROR: Invalid requirement: 'an-invalid-requirement!': Expected end or semicolon (after name and no valid version specifier)
+                ERROR: Invalid requirement: 'an-invalid-requirement!': Expected semicolon (after name with no version specifier) or end
                     an-invalid-requirement!
                                           ^ (from line 1 of requirements.txt)