diff --git a/pip/requirements.in b/pip/requirements.in
index c2b3e8990..72af7bc87 100644
--- a/pip/requirements.in
+++ b/pip/requirements.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ requests[socks]
 send2trash
 snakeviz
 stringcase
-waitress
+waitress>=2.0.0b1
 fluent-syntax
 
 # windows only
diff --git a/pip/requirements.txt b/pip/requirements.txt
index af7e21843..eddaa4008 100644
--- a/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ tornado==6.1              # via snakeviz
 typed-ast==1.4.1          # via black, mypy
 typing-extensions==3.7.4.3  # via black, mypy
 urllib3==1.26.2           # via requests
-waitress==1.4.4           # via -r requirements.in
+waitress==2.0.0b1         # via -r requirements.in
 werkzeug==1.0.1           # via flask
 winrt==1.0.20239.1 ; sys_platform == "win32" and platform_release == "10"  # via -r requirements.in
 wrapt==1.12.1             # via astroid