diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index f9f905f46ff09a..9239e42b9ca8e1 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["version", "bootstrap"]
-_PIP_VERSION = "25.3"
+_PIP_VERSION = "26.0.1"
 
 # Directory of system wheel packages. Some Linux distribution packaging
 # policies recommend against bundling dependencies. For example, Fedora
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-25.3-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 70%
rename from Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-25.3-py3-none-any.whl
rename to Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
index 755e1aa0c3dc5a..580d09a920422f 100644
Binary files a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-25.3-py3-none-any.whl and b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.0.1-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-06-23-58-54.gh-issue-144538.5_OvGv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-06-23-58-54.gh-issue-144538.5_OvGv.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fbded72d92551b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-02-06-23-58-54.gh-issue-144538.5_OvGv.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump the version of pip bundled in ensurepip to version 26.0.1