diff --git a/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt b/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
index 77403da7bd68e..67020d598cffe 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/.ci/docker/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ pwlf==2.2.1
 #test that import: test_sac_estimator.py
 
 # To build PyTorch itself
-pip==26.0.1
+pip==26.1
 pyyaml==6.0.3
 pyzstd
 setuptools==78.1.1