diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index bd73ddb95cd07f..bc2fb742cb9cfc 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["version", "bootstrap"]
-_PIP_VERSION = "26.2"
+_PIP_VERSION = "26.2.1"
 
 # Directory of system wheel packages. Some Linux distribution packaging
 # policies recommend against bundling dependencies. For example, Fedora
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 94%
rename from Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2-py3-none-any.whl
rename to Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
index e0cc1e2f8dd971..bc442f6b99306b 100644
Binary files a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2-py3-none-any.whl and b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-04-19-03-20.gh-issue-155063.gN_mCU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-04-19-03-20.gh-issue-155063.gN_mCU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fdb03c907a581c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-04-19-03-20.gh-issue-155063.gN_mCU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump the version of pip bundled in ensurepip to version 26.2.1