# Announcement: pip 21.0 has now been released

On behalf of the PyPA, I am pleased to announce that we have just released pip 21.0, a new version of pip. You can install it by running `python -m pip install --upgrade pip`.

This is the first scheduled release of pip in 2021, following our regular [quarterly release schedule](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/development/release-process/#release-cadence).

## Highlights

- Removal of Python 2.7 and 3.5 support.
- Dropped support for legacy cache entries from pip < 20.0.

You can find more details (including deprecations and removals) in the [changelog](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/).

## Regarding Python 2 support

We've also released pip 20.3.4, which contains certain bugfixes for Python 2 users. It is our final Python 2 compatible release, and there are no future Python 2 compatible releases planned.

Python 2 users will need to continue using a version of pip older than 21.0. Upgrading via pip will select a suitable version, because this release is marked as not supporting Python 2. However, if you are upgrading from a version of pip older than 9.0.0,
that does not support the `Requires-Python` metadata, you may need to explicitly request `pip < 21.0`.

A Python 2.7 compatible version of `get-pip.py` is available at <https://bootstrap.pypa.io/2.7/>.

## Thanks

As with all pip releases, a significant amount of the work was contributed by pip’s user community. Huge thanks to all who have contributed, whether through code, documentation, issue reports and/or discussion. Your help keeps pip improving, and is
hugely appreciated.

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