diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e284fc5a..bb6fb3c2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: isort
   - repo: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit
-    rev: v2.6.1
+    rev: v2.6.2
     hooks:
       - id: pip-audit
   - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5fb0ea9..d3237f72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ All versions prior to 0.0.9 are untracked.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.6.2]
+
 ### Changed
 
 * `pip-audit`'s minimum Python version is now 3.8.
@@ -550,7 +552,8 @@ All versions prior to 0.0.9 are untracked.
   dependency errors ([#146](https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/pull/146))
 
 <!-- Release URLs -->
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.6.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.6.2...HEAD
+[2.6.2]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.6.1...v2.6.2
 [2.6.1]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.6.0...v2.6.1
 [2.6.0]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.5.6...v2.6.0
 [2.5.6]: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/compare/v2.5.5...v2.5.6
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 014350e3..4b3ee475 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ For example, using `pip-audit` via `pre-commit` to audit a requirements file:
 
 ```yaml
   - repo: https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit
-    rev: v2.6.1
+    rev: v2.6.2
     hooks:
       -   id: pip-audit
           args: ["-r", "requirements.txt"]
diff --git a/pip_audit/__init__.py b/pip_audit/__init__.py
index e128b577..3029c097 100644
--- a/pip_audit/__init__.py
+++ b/pip_audit/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 The `pip_audit` APIs.
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.6.1"
+__version__ = "2.6.2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 353060d3..c1b67298 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "CacheControl[filecache] >= 0.13.0",
-    # NOTE(ww): Release 2.5.0 is broken, subsequent 2.5.x releases fix it.
-    # See: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-python-lib/issues/245
     "cyclonedx-python-lib >= 4,< 6",
     "html5lib>=1.1",
-    "packaging>=23.0.0",               # https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/issues/464
+    "packaging>=23.0.0",                 # https://github.com/pypa/pip-audit/issues/464
     "pip-api>=0.0.28",
     "pip-requirements-parser>=32.0.0",
     "requests >= 2.31.0",