diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index a9ff8eb164f466d..278f5f378a99dbd 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ["version", "bootstrap"]
-_PIP_VERSION = "26.2.2"
+_PIP_VERSION = "26.3"
 
 # Directory of system wheel packages. Some Linux distribution packaging
 # policies recommend against bundling dependencies. For example, Fedora
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.2-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.3-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 54%
rename from Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.2-py3-none-any.whl
rename to Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.3-py3-none-any.whl
index d884a0ad81170c1..9b9b4291019bbfa 100644
Binary files a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.2.2-py3-none-any.whl and b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-26.3-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-11-02-21-10-00.gh-issue-161212.pip263.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-11-02-21-10-00.gh-issue-161212.pip263.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..af137800454588a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-11-02-21-10-00.gh-issue-161212.pip263.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump the version of :pypi:`pip` bundled in :mod:`ensurepip` to version 26.3.