# Announcement: pip 20.2 release! **URL:** \ **Category:** Packaging\ **Tags:** release\ **Created:** [July 29, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/announcement-pip-20-2-release/4863 "2020-07-29T03:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![pradyunsg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/pradyunsg/32/206_2.png) [@pradyunsg](https://discuss.python.org/u/pradyunsg)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/announcement-pip-20-2-release/4863/1 "2020-07-29T03:32:08Z")
On behalf of the PyPA, I am pleased to announce that we have just released pip 20.2, a new version of pip. You can install it by running `python -m pip install --upgrade pip`. The highlights for this release are: - The beta of the next-generation dependency resolver is available - Faster installations from wheel files - Improved handling of wheels containing non-ASCII file contents - Faster `pip list` using parallelized network operations - Installed packages now contain metadata about whether they were directly requested by the user (PEP 376’s `REQUESTED` file) The new dependency resolver is _off by default_ because it is _not yet ready for everyday use_. The new dependency resolver is significantly stricter and more consistent when it receives incompatible instructions, and reduces support for certain kinds of constraints files, so some workarounds and workflows may break. Please test it with the `--use-feature=2020-resolver` flag. Please see [our guide on how to test and migrate, and how to report issues](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide/#changes-to-the-pip-dependency-resolver-in-20-2-2020). We are preparing to change the default dependency resolution behavior and make the new resolver the default in pip 20.3 (in October 2020). This release also partially optimizes pip’s network usage during installation (as part of [a Google Summer of Code project by McSinyx](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5428041779511296)). Please test it with `pip install --use-feature=fast-deps ...` and report bugs to [the issue tracker](https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/new?template=bug-report.md). This functionality is _still experimental_ and _not ready for everyday use_. You can find more details (including deprecations and removals) [in the changelog](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/). 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. Specific thanks go to Mozilla (through its [Mozilla Open Source Support](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/) Awards) and to the [Chan Zuckerberg Initiative](https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/) DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, for their funding that enabled substantial work on the new resolver. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.python.org/t/announcement-pip-20-2-release/4863)._