diff --git a/scripts/common_startup.sh b/scripts/common_startup.sh
index a7732304633..2e1f0da05ee 100755
--- a/scripts/common_startup.sh
+++ b/scripts/common_startup.sh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if [ $SET_VENV -eq 1 ] && [ $CREATE_VENV -eq 1 ]; then
                     echo "Creating Conda environment for Galaxy: $GALAXY_CONDA_ENV"
                     echo "To avoid this, use the --no-create-venv flag or set \$GALAXY_CONDA_ENV to an"
                     echo "existing environment before starting Galaxy."
-                    $CONDA_EXE create --yes --override-channels --channel conda-forge --channel defaults --name "$GALAXY_CONDA_ENV" 'python=3.6' 'pip>=9' 'virtualenv>=16'
+                    $CONDA_EXE create --yes --override-channels --channel conda-forge --channel defaults --name "$GALAXY_CONDA_ENV" 'python=3.6' 'pip>=19.0' 'virtualenv>=16'
                     unset __CONDA_INFO
                 fi
                 conda_activate
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ fi
 : ${PYPI_INDEX_URL:="https://pypi.python.org/simple"}
 : ${GALAXY_DEV_REQUIREMENTS:="./lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt"}
 if [ $REPLACE_PIP -eq 1 ]; then
-    python -m pip install 'pip>=8.1'
+    python -m pip install 'pip>=19.0'
 fi
 
 requirement_args="-r requirements.txt"
diff --git a/scripts/common_startup_functions.sh b/scripts/common_startup_functions.sh
index 0d3e664f152..49e8e46bb84 100644
--- a/scripts/common_startup_functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/common_startup_functions.sh
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ setup_python() {
         set_conda_exe
         if [ -n "$CONDA_EXE" ] && \
                 check_conda_env ${GALAXY_CONDA_ENV:="_galaxy_"}; then
-            # You almost surely have pip >= 8.1 and running `conda install ... pip>=8.1` every time is slow
+            # You almost surely have the required minimum pip version and running `conda install ... pip>=<min_ver>` every time is slow
             REPLACE_PIP=0
             [ -n "$PYTHONPATH" ] && { echo 'Unsetting $PYTHONPATH'; unset PYTHONPATH; }
             if [ "$CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV" != "$GALAXY_CONDA_ENV" ]; then