diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index f144c95e..7a378fb0 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Internal
 ---------
 * Upgrade `polars` dependency to v1.44.1.
 * Upgrade `sqlparse` dependency to v0.6.0.
+* Upgrade optional `pip` dependency to v26.2.1.
 
 
 2.18.5 (2026/08/31)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index afddde20..b7986342 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 llm = [
     "llm ~= 0.33",
     "setuptools == 83.*",                   # Required by llm commands to install models
-    "pip ~= 26.1.2",
+    "pip ~= 26.2.1",
 ]
 dataframe = [
     "polars ~= 1.44.1",