diff --git a/hacking/README.md b/hacking/README.md
index a57690fb1d8..534a7e4db0e 100644
--- a/hacking/README.md
+++ b/hacking/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ and do not wish to install them from your operating system package manager, you
 can install them from pip
 
 ```shell
-easy_install pip  # if pip is not already available
+python -Im ensurepip  # if pip is not already available
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```