diff --git a/bootstrap-salt.sh b/bootstrap-salt.sh
index bf0c3df..52b1ace 100644
--- a/bootstrap-salt.sh
+++ b/bootstrap-salt.sh
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ _PY_EXE=""
 _INSTALL_PY="$BS_FALSE"
 _TORNADO_MAX_PY3_VERSION="5.0"
 _POST_NEON_INSTALL=$BS_FALSE
-_MINIMUM_PIP_VERSION="8.0.0"
+_MINIMUM_PIP_VERSION="9.0.1"
 _MINIMUM_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION="9.1"
 _POST_NEON_PIP_INSTALL_ARGS="--prefix=/usr"