diff --git a/files/brews/python.rb b/files/brews/python.rb
index ae893a6..8b1e11d 100644
--- a/files/brews/python.rb
+++ b/files/brews/python.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 require "formula"
 
 class Python < Formula
-  homepage "http://www.python.org"
-  head "http://hg.python.org/cpython", :using => :hg, :branch => "2.7"
-  url "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.8/Python-2.7.8.tgz"
-  sha1 "511960dd78451a06c9df76509635aeec05b2051a"
-  version '2.7.8-boxen1'
+  homepage "https://www.python.org"
+  head "https://hg.python.org/cpython", :using => :hg, :branch => "2.7"
+  url "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.9/Python-2.7.9.tgz"
+  sha1 "7a191bcccb598ccbf2fa6a0edce24a97df3fc0ad"
+  version '2.7.9-boxen1'
 
   bottle do
-    revision 2
-    sha1 "f1244c117036a733742f128f8a168dcb0568675d" => :mavericks
-    sha1 "41f27fc515410ff728316e994be6f471520e5c90" => :mountain_lion
-    sha1 "cab018e86b60e5a8a8115581a2aa3390b18b3080" => :lion
+    revision 7
+    sha1 "a81d7c350cebe4e50cfaa7bcfebec8174fc0d83a" => :yosemite
+    sha1 "f25fcc726f9fee63d9450da2788c71d76a4337b3" => :mavericks
+    sha1 "903b4cd31563b3bbf6beea3ecce95ae35689d5e1" => :mountain_lion
   end
 
+  # Please don't add a wide/ucs4 option as it won't be accepted.
+  # More details in: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/32368
   option :universal
   option "quicktest", "Run `make quicktest` after the build (for devs; may fail)"
   option "with-brewed-tk", "Use Homebrew's Tk (has optional Cocoa and threads support)"
   option "with-poll", "Enable select.poll, which is not fully implemented on OS X (http://bugs.python.org/issue5154)"
-  option "with-dtrace", "Experimental DTrace support (http://bugs.python.org/issue13405)"
 
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build
   depends_on "readline" => :recommended
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ class Python < Formula
   skip_clean "bin/easy_install", "bin/easy_install-2.7"
 
   resource "setuptools" do
-    url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-5.4.2.tar.gz"
-    sha1 "a681ba56c30c0eb66528215842d3e3fcb5157614"
+    url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-9.1.tar.gz"
+    sha1 "b068a670c84df7b961730c6a0d00cd06c7b767f0"
   end
 
   resource "pip" do
-    url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz"
-    sha1 "e6cd9e6f2fd8d28c9976313632ef8aa8ac31249e"
+    url "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-6.0.3.tar.gz"
+    sha1 "67d4affd83ee2f3514ac1386bee59f10f672517c"
   end
 
   # Patch for pyport.h macro issue
@@ -91,13 +92,8 @@ def install
            ]
 
     args << "--without-gcc" if ENV.compiler == :clang
-    args << "--with-dtrace" if build.with? "dtrace"
 
-    if superenv?
-      distutils_fix_superenv(args)
-    else
-      distutils_fix_stdenv
-    end
+    distutils_fix_superenv(args)
 
     if build.universal?
       ENV.universal_binary
@@ -234,30 +230,7 @@ def distutils_fix_superenv(args)
     # superenv handles that cc finds includes/libs!
     inreplace "setup.py",
               "do_readline = self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'readline')",
-              "do_readline = '#{HOMEBREW_PREFIX}/opt/readline/lib/libhistory.dylib'"
-  end
-
-  def distutils_fix_stdenv
-    # Python scans all "-I" dirs but not "-isysroot", so we add
-    # the needed includes with "-I" here to avoid this err:
-    #     building dbm using ndbm
-    #     error: /usr/include/zlib.h: No such file or directory
-    ENV.append "CPPFLAGS", "-I#{MacOS.sdk_path}/usr/include" unless MacOS::CLT.installed?
-
-    # Don't use optimizations other than "-Os" here, because Python's distutils
-    # remembers (hint: `python-config --cflags`) and reuses them for C
-    # extensions which can break software (such as scipy 0.11 fails when
-    # "-msse4" is present.)
-    ENV.minimal_optimization
-
-    # We need to enable warnings because the configure.in uses -Werror to detect
-    # "whether gcc supports ParseTuple" (https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/12194)
-    ENV.enable_warnings
-    if ENV.compiler == :clang
-      # http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#id8 suggests to disable some Warnings.
-      ENV.append_to_cflags "-Wno-unused-value"
-      ENV.append_to_cflags "-Wno-empty-body"
-    end
+              "do_readline = '#{Formula["readline"].opt_lib}/libhistory.dylib'"
   end
 
   def sitecustomize
@@ -321,7 +294,7 @@ def caveats; <<-EOS.undent
     They will install into the site-package directory
       #{site_packages}
 
-    See: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/wiki/Homebrew-and-Python
+    See: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md
     EOS
   end
 
@@ -331,6 +304,7 @@ def caveats; <<-EOS.undent
     system "#{bin}/python", "-c", "import sqlite3"
     # Check if some other modules import. Then the linked libs are working.
     system "#{bin}/python", "-c", "import Tkinter; root = Tkinter.Tk()"
+    system bin/"pip", "list"
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index dea0931..525d0ee 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   include xquartz
   include python::config
 
-  $version = '2.7.8-boxen1'
+  $version = '2.7.9-boxen1'
 
   homebrew::formula { 'python':
     before => Package['boxen/brews/python']
diff --git a/manifests/pip.pp b/manifests/pip.pp
index bbff572..eeae501 100644
--- a/manifests/pip.pp
+++ b/manifests/pip.pp
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 define python::pip (
   $virtualenv,
   $ensure = present,
-  $proxy  = false
+  $proxy  = false,
+  $allow_external = false,
+  $allow_unverified = false,
 ) {
   require python
 
@@ -46,10 +48,20 @@
     default => "^${name}==",
   }
 
+  $allow_external_flag = $allow_external ? {
+    false   => '',
+    default => "--allow-external ${name}",
+  }
+
+  $allow_unverified_flag = $allow_unverified ? {
+    false   => '',
+    default => "--allow-unverified ${name}",
+  }
+
   case $ensure {
     present: {
       exec { "pip_install_${name}":
-        command => "${virtualenv}/bin/pip install ${proxy_flag} ${name}",
+        command => "${virtualenv}/bin/pip install ${proxy_flag} ${allow_external_flag} ${allow_unverified_flag} ${name}",
         unless  => "${virtualenv}/bin/pip freeze | grep -i -e ${grep_regex}",
       }
     }
diff --git a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
index e4a8ea0..036fa63 100644
--- a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     should contain_homebrew__formula('python').with(
       :before => 'Package[boxen/brews/python]'
     )
-    should contain_package('boxen/brews/python').with_ensure('2.7.8-boxen1')
+    should contain_package('boxen/brews/python').with_ensure('2.7.9-boxen1')
 
     should contain_file('/opt/boxen/env.d/python.sh').with(
       :source => 'puppet:///modules/python/python.sh'