title: Can I update Amazon's old versions of pip and setuptools?
body: <p>Can I update or remove the pip and setuptools provided with AWS Elastic Beanstalk?</p>
  
  <p>The versions of pip and setuptools provided with my AWS Elastic Beanstalk Python environments (in the 2.7 virtual environment running my application, <code>ami-d14608e1</code>; in <code>/opt/python/run/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages</code>) are very old: as reported by</p>
  
  <pre><code>pip list --outdated
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>they are</p>
  
  <pre><code>setuptools (Current: 2.2 Latest: 12.0.5)
  pip (Current: 1.5.4 Latest: 6.0.7)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can I update these (e.g. by listing them in my <code>requirements.txt</code>) or are these specific versions expected by or needed for EB's Python and deployment processes to work?</p>