From 19384deced44c2ed9edeaf22764f6420fdd9acf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David J. Malan" <malan@harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:45:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fixes #121

---
 cli50/__main__.py | 13 ++++++++-----
 setup.py          |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli50/__main__.py b/cli50/__main__.py
index ee300c5..040e382 100644
--- a/cli50/__main__.py
+++ b/cli50/__main__.py
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 
 import argparse
 import gettext
+import json
 import os
 import re
-import requests
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tzlocal
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
 
 from importlib.resources import files
 from packaging import version
@@ -59,9 +61,11 @@ def main():
     # Check PyPI for newer version
     if __version__ and not args["fast"]:
         try:
-            release = max(requests.get("https://pypi.org/pypi/cli50/json").json()["releases"], key=version.parse)
-            assert release <= __version__
-        except requests.RequestException:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen("https://pypi.org/pypi/cli50/json", timeout=10) as response:
+                releases = json.load(response)["releases"]
+            release = max(releases, key=version.parse)
+            assert version.parse(release) <= version.parse(__version__)
+        except (KeyError, OSError, ValueError):
             pass
         except AssertionError:
             try:
@@ -170,7 +174,6 @@ def main():
     if not args["fast"]:
 
         # Remote manifest
-        import json
         try:
             RemoteManifest = json.loads(subprocess.check_output([
                 "docker", "manifest", "inspect", f"{IMAGE}:{args['tag']}", "--verbose"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c8af0e6..1884b16 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
         "console_scripts": ["cli50=cli50.__main__:main"]
     },
     url="https://github.com/cs50/cli50",
-    version="8.0.1",
+    version="8.1.0",
     include_package_data=True
 )

From b74dbdce5234bd2d947aa96cba3e719a2ff50da8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David J. Malan" <malan@harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:48:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] updated version

---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1884b16..0282d83 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
         "console_scripts": ["cli50=cli50.__main__:main"]
     },
     url="https://github.com/cs50/cli50",
-    version="8.1.0",
+    version="8.0.2",
     include_package_data=True
 )