diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a108f4..0e878dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ tests = { features = ["tests"], solve-group = "default" }
 [tool.pixi.tasks]
 
 [tool.pixi.dependencies]
-pip = ">=25.2,<26"
+pip = ">=26.1,<27"
 python = "3.12.*"
 faiss = ">=1.9.0,<2"
 pandas = "==2.3.1"