From b5851fcf55b0af9303e3fc0ad9a5925aa533aaed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mintz <mdmintz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:26:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Refresh Python dependencies

---
 mkdocs_build/requirements.txt |  4 ++--
 requirements.txt              | 12 ++++++------
 setup.py                      | 15 ++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
index 5aaa7845d97..29e47d125f7 100644
--- a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
+++ b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 # Minimum Python version: 3.10 (for generating docs only)
 
 regex>=2026.1.15
-pymdown-extensions>=10.20
+pymdown-extensions>=10.20.1
 pipdeptree>=2.30.0
 python-dateutil>=2.8.2
-Markdown==3.10
+Markdown==3.10.1
 click==8.3.1
 ghp-import==2.1.0
 watchdog==6.0.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1929a5f2984..9f3f06646f4 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 pip>=25.3
-packaging>=25.0
+packaging>=26.0
 setuptools~=70.2;python_version<"3.10"
-setuptools>=80.9.0;python_version>="3.10"
-wheel>=0.45.1
+setuptools>=80.10.2;python_version>="3.10"
+wheel>=0.46.3
 attrs>=25.4.0
 certifi>=2026.1.4
 exceptiongroup>=1.3.1
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pytest-rerunfailures==16.1;python_version>="3.10"
 pytest-xdist==3.8.0
 parameterized==0.9.0
 behave==1.2.6
-soupsieve~=2.8.2
+soupsieve~=2.8.3
 beautifulsoup4~=4.14.3
 pyotp==2.9.0
 python-xlib==0.33;platform_system=="Linux"
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ PyAutoGUI>=0.9.54;platform_system=="Linux"
 markdown-it-py==3.0.0;python_version<"3.10"
 markdown-it-py==4.0.0;python_version>="3.10"
 mdurl==0.1.2
-rich>=14.2.0,<15
+rich>=14.3.1,<15
 
 # --- Testing Requirements --- #
 # ("pip install -r requirements.txt" also installs this, but "pip install -e ." won't.)
 
 coverage>=7.10.7;python_version<"3.10"
-coverage>=7.13.1;python_version>="3.10"
+coverage>=7.13.2;python_version>="3.10"
 pytest-cov>=7.0.0
 flake8==7.3.0
 mccabe==0.7.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2e4cc7ea4af..ede14029055 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@
     python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
         'pip>=25.3',
-        'packaging>=25.0',
+        'packaging>=26.0',
         'setuptools~=70.2;python_version<"3.10"',  # Newer ones had issues
-        'setuptools>=80.9.0;python_version>="3.10"',
-        'wheel>=0.45.1',
+        'setuptools>=80.10.2;python_version>="3.10"',
+        'wheel>=0.46.3',
         'attrs>=25.4.0',
         'certifi>=2026.1.4',
         'exceptiongroup>=1.3.1',
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
         'pytest-xdist==3.8.0',
         'parameterized==0.9.0',
         'behave==1.2.6',  # Newer ones had issues
-        'soupsieve~=2.8.2',
+        'soupsieve~=2.8.3',
         'beautifulsoup4~=4.14.3',
         'pyotp==2.9.0',
         'python-xlib==0.33;platform_system=="Linux"',
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         'markdown-it-py==3.0.0;python_version<"3.10"',
         'markdown-it-py==4.0.0;python_version>="3.10"',
         'mdurl==0.1.2',
-        'rich>=14.2.0,<15',
+        'rich>=14.3.1,<15',
     ],
     extras_require={
         # pip install -e .[allure]
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         # Usage: coverage run -m pytest; coverage html; coverage report
         "coverage": [
             'coverage>=7.10.7;python_version<"3.10"',
-            'coverage>=7.13.1;python_version>="3.10"',
+            'coverage>=7.13.2;python_version>="3.10"',
             'pytest-cov>=7.0.0',
         ],
         # pip install -e .[flake8]
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@
             'pdfminer.six==20260107;python_version>="3.10"',
             'cryptography==46.0.3',
             'cffi==2.0.0',
-            'pycparser==2.23',
+            'pycparser==2.23;python_version<"3.10"',
+            'pycparser==3.0;python_version>="3.10"',
         ],
         # pip install -e .[pillow]
         # (An optional library for image-processing.)

From 061870f8a3b84201e60c160e89a499639e1d056e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mintz <mdmintz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:28:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] `variables` should accept a Python dict in sb_manager

---
 seleniumbase/plugins/sb_manager.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/seleniumbase/plugins/sb_manager.py b/seleniumbase/plugins/sb_manager.py
index aa1abc72806..b43e01d211f 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/plugins/sb_manager.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/plugins/sb_manager.py
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ def SB(
                 '\nExpecting a Python dictionary for "variables"!'
                 "\nEg. --variables=\"{'KEY1':'VALUE', 'KEY2':123}\""
             )
-    else:
+    elif not isinstance(variables, dict):
         variables = {}
     if disable_csp is None:
         if (

From 653658b8237f8eb23ea8096b8ebd67d807edd0f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Mintz <mdmintz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:28:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Version 4.46.1

---
 seleniumbase/__version__.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index a790fd98f7a..45218656199 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.46.0"
+__version__ = "4.46.1"