diff --git a/pkgs/modules/python-base/default.nix b/pkgs/modules/python-base/default.nix
index b324b80c..906614bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/modules/python-base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/modules/python-base/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in
 
   replit.packages = [
     binary-wrapped-python
-    pypkgs.pip
+    (pypkgs.callPackage ../../pip { })
     pkgs.poetry
     pkgs.uv
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/modules/python/pip.nix b/pkgs/modules/python/pip.nix
index 25aee8f5..125e42ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/modules/python/pip.nix
+++ b/pkgs/modules/python/pip.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 pkgs @ { pypkgs, ... }:
 
 let
-  pip = pypkgs.pip.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
+  upgraded-pip = pypkgs.callPackage ../../pip { };
+  pip = upgraded-pip.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
     outputs = [
       "out"
     ];
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ let
       pkgs.installShellFiles
       pypkgs.setuptools
       pypkgs.wheel
+      pypkgs.flit-core
     ];
   });
 
diff --git a/pkgs/pip/default.nix b/pkgs/pip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be78dffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/pip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ pip, fetchFromGitHub, flit-core }:
+pip.overridePythonAttrs (old: rec {
+  version = "26.2.2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pypa";
+    repo = "pip";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-iH5O1kneYzoHpzbfgrJc/8gVr57CNX3/xpwel4ueNqE=";
+  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = (old.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ flit-core ];
+})