diff --git a/build/packaging/pre_build_script.sh b/build/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
index 1abb1a76fe3..74c98406d05 100644
--- a/build/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
+++ b/build/packaging/pre_build_script.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 readonly BUILD_DEPS=(
   # This list must match the build-system.requires list from pyproject.toml.
   "cmake"
+  "pip>=23"
   "pyyaml"
   "setuptools>=63"
   "tomli"
diff --git a/install_requirements.sh b/install_requirements.sh
index d88eb505a6c..24a01cae9b6 100755
--- a/install_requirements.sh
+++ b/install_requirements.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ EXIR_REQUIREMENTS=(
 # pip packages needed for development.
 DEVEL_REQUIREMENTS=(
   cmake  # For building binary targets.
+  "pip>=23" # For building the pip package.
   pyyaml  # Imported by the kernel codegen tools.
   "setuptools>=63"  # For building the pip package.
   tomli  # Imported by extract_sources.py when using python < 3.11.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 099cdd0d32c..b6926a2f5f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
   "cmake",  # For building binary targets in the wheel.
+  "pip>=23",  # For building the pip package.
   "pyyaml",  # Imported by the kernel codegen tools.
   "setuptools>=63",  # For building the pip package contents.
   "tomli",  # Imported by extract_sources.py when using python < 3.11.