diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index efa8de90..e469b7b2 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ inputs:
   freethreaded:
     description: "When 'true', use the freethreaded version of Python."
     default: false
+  pip-version:
+    description: "Used to specify the version of pip to install with the Python. Supported format: major[.minor][.patch]."
 outputs:
   python-version:
     description: "The installed Python or PyPy version. Useful when given a version range as input."
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index 4e3f2673..265e9572 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -96068,6 +96068,7 @@ const semver = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2088));
 const installer = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(1919));
 const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(7484));
 const tc = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(3472));
+const exec = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(5236));
 // Python has "scripts" or "bin" directories where command-line tools that come with packages are installed.
 // This is where pip is, along with anything that pip installs.
 // There is a separate directory for `pip install --user`.
@@ -96088,6 +96089,20 @@ function binDir(installDir) {
         return path.join(installDir, 'bin');
     }
 }
+function installPip(pythonLocation) {
+    return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        const pipVersion = core.getInput('pip-version');
+        // Validate pip-version format: major[.minor][.patch]
+        const versionRegex = /^\d+(\.\d+)?(\.\d+)?$/;
+        if (pipVersion && !versionRegex.test(pipVersion)) {
+            throw new Error(`Invalid pip-version "${pipVersion}". Please specify a version in the format major[.minor][.patch].`);
+        }
+        if (pipVersion) {
+            core.info(`pip-version input is specified. Installing pip version ${pipVersion}`);
+            yield exec.exec(`${pythonLocation}/python -m pip install --upgrade pip==${pipVersion} --disable-pip-version-check --no-warn-script-location`);
+        }
+    });
+}
 function useCpythonVersion(version, architecture, updateEnvironment, checkLatest, allowPreReleases, freethreaded) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         var _a;
@@ -96183,6 +96198,8 @@ function useCpythonVersion(version, architecture, updateEnvironment, checkLatest
         }
         core.setOutput('python-version', pythonVersion);
         core.setOutput('python-path', pythonPath);
+        const binaryPath = utils_1.IS_WINDOWS ? installDir : _binDir;
+        yield installPip(binaryPath);
         return { impl: 'CPython', version: pythonVersion };
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/find-python.ts b/src/find-python.ts
index ddb027cb..88e530f4 100644
--- a/src/find-python.ts
+++ b/src/find-python.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as installer from './install-python';
 
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache';
+import * as exec from '@actions/exec';
 
 // Python has "scripts" or "bin" directories where command-line tools that come with packages are installed.
 // This is where pip is, along with anything that pip installs.
@@ -30,6 +31,27 @@ function binDir(installDir: string): string {
   }
 }
 
+async function installPip(pythonLocation: string) {
+  const pipVersion = core.getInput('pip-version');
+
+  // Validate pip-version format: major[.minor][.patch]
+  const versionRegex = /^\d+(\.\d+)?(\.\d+)?$/;
+  if (pipVersion && !versionRegex.test(pipVersion)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid pip-version "${pipVersion}". Please specify a version in the format major[.minor][.patch].`
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (pipVersion) {
+    core.info(
+      `pip-version input is specified. Installing pip version ${pipVersion}`
+    );
+    await exec.exec(
+      `${pythonLocation}/python -m pip install --upgrade pip==${pipVersion} --disable-pip-version-check --no-warn-script-location`
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 export async function useCpythonVersion(
   version: string,
   architecture: string,
@@ -179,6 +201,9 @@ export async function useCpythonVersion(
   core.setOutput('python-version', pythonVersion);
   core.setOutput('python-path', pythonPath);
 
+  const binaryPath = IS_WINDOWS ? installDir : _binDir;
+  await installPip(binaryPath);
+
   return {impl: 'CPython', version: pythonVersion};
 }