diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index c90b3ab229..4f561206a0 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 black~=20.8b1
 pytest~=6.1
 pytest-mypy~=0.7
-pip~=20.2
+pip~=21.0
 setuptools~=50.3
 wheel~=0.35