diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc6a77d28c..567e4ee769 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyasn1",
     "noiseprotocol>=0.3.1,<0.4",
     "west>=1.4.0,<2",
-    "cbor2==5.6.5",
     "intelhex==2.3.0",
     "imgtool==2.2.0",
     "setuptools>=24.2.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c44a3e8703..cb28f1b4fe 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2134,7 +2134,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "binsize" },
     { name = "black" },
     { name = "bleak" },
-    { name = "cbor2" },
     { name = "click" },
     { name = "coverage" },
     { name = "cryptography" },
@@ -2201,7 +2200,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "binsize", specifier = ">=0.1.3,<0.2" },
     { name = "black", specifier = ">=24.2" },
     { name = "bleak", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
-    { name = "cbor2", specifier = "==5.6.5" },
     { name = "click", specifier = ">=8,<9" },
     { name = "coverage", specifier = "==5.5" },
     { name = "cryptography" },