diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8dd15cb8..a495da09 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "abxbus==2.5.7",          # EventBus API
     "abxpkg>=1.11.22",        # for: detecting, versioning, and installing binaries via apt/brew/pip/npm
     "abx-plugins>=1.11.25",  # shared ArchiveBox plugin package with Chrome/Puppeteer dependency wiring
-    "abx-dl>=1.11.26",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
+    "abx-dl>=1.11.27",       # shared ArchiveBox downloader package with blocking install preflight
     ### UUID7 backport for Python <3.14
     "uuid7>=0.1.0; python_version < '3.14'",  # provides the uuid_extensions module on Python 3.13
 ]