From a0896b5d472b3bcdf7f836c2b6211660f3185807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: admin-raintree <277948009+admin-raintree@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:30:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use patched pip in release gates

---
 requirements-release.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/requirements-release.txt b/requirements-release.txt
index d555c7d..258edad 100644
--- a/requirements-release.txt
+++ b/requirements-release.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # building with `--no-isolation`, keeps the wheel-building entry points and
 # backend on reviewed versions. Renovate watches root requirements*.txt files
 # and opens update PRs with Socket risk checks.
-pip==26.1.2
+pip==26.2
 build==1.5.0
 setuptools==83.0.0
 twine==6.2.0