diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index 592ffde6584..e5db9f9c4e8 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def _uninstall_helper(*, verbosity=0):
     _disable_pip_configuration_settings()
 
     # Construct the arguments to be passed to the pip command
-    args = ["uninstall", "-y"]
+    args = ["uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check"]
     if verbosity:
         args += ["-" + "v" * verbosity]
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ensurepip.py b/Lib/test/test_ensurepip.py
index 759168ec97e..6dc764b02d1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ensurepip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ensurepip.py
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ class TestUninstall(EnsurepipMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             ensurepip._uninstall_helper()
 
         self.run_pip.assert_called_once_with(
-            ["uninstall", "-y", "pip", "setuptools"]
+            [
+                "uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check", "pip",
+                "setuptools",
+            ]
         )
 
     @requires_usable_pip
@@ -220,7 +223,10 @@ class TestUninstall(EnsurepipMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             ensurepip._uninstall_helper(verbosity=1)
 
         self.run_pip.assert_called_once_with(
-            ["uninstall", "-y", "-v", "pip", "setuptools"]
+            [
+                "uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check", "-v", "pip",
+                "setuptools",
+            ]
         )
 
     @requires_usable_pip
@@ -229,7 +235,10 @@ class TestUninstall(EnsurepipMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             ensurepip._uninstall_helper(verbosity=2)
 
         self.run_pip.assert_called_once_with(
-            ["uninstall", "-y", "-vv", "pip", "setuptools"]
+            [
+                "uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check", "-vv", "pip",
+                "setuptools",
+            ]
         )
 
     @requires_usable_pip
@@ -238,7 +247,10 @@ class TestUninstall(EnsurepipMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             ensurepip._uninstall_helper(verbosity=3)
 
         self.run_pip.assert_called_once_with(
-            ["uninstall", "-y", "-vvv", "pip", "setuptools"]
+            [
+                "uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check", "-vvv",
+                "pip", "setuptools",
+            ]
         )
 
     @requires_usable_pip
@@ -336,7 +348,10 @@ class TestUninstallationMainFunction(EnsurepipMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             ensurepip._uninstall._main([])
 
         self.run_pip.assert_called_once_with(
-            ["uninstall", "-y", "pip", "setuptools"]
+            [
+                "uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check", "pip",
+                "setuptools",
+            ]
         )