diff --git a/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml b/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f65d0b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/issues-jira.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-name: Create Jira Ticket for Github Issue
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types: [opened, reopened]
-
-jobs:
-  issue-jira:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Create Jira Issue
-        id: create_jira
-        uses: actions/github-script@v9
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const baseUrl = process.env.JIRA_BASE_URL;
-            const userEmail = process.env.JIRA_USER_EMAIL;
-            const jiraToken = process.env.JIRA_API_TOKEN;
-            const jiraProject = process.env.JIRA_PROJECT;
-            const jiraIssueType = process.env.JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE;
-            const jiraFields = JSON.parse(process.env.ISSUES_JIRA_FIELDS);
-
-            let requestBody = JSON.stringify({
-                fields: {
-                    ...jiraFields,
-                    "project": {
-                        "key": jiraProject
-                    },
-                    "issuetype": {
-                        "name": jiraIssueType
-                    },
-                    "summary": "Github | Issue | ${{ github.event.repository.name }} | ${{ github.event.issue.title }}",
-                    "description": {
-                        "version": 1,
-                        "type": "doc",
-                        "content": [
-                            {
-                                "type": "paragraph",
-                                "content": [
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": "Github Issue",
-                                        "marks": [
-                                            {
-                                                "type": "strong"
-                                            }
-                                        ]
-                                    },
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": ":   "
-                                    },
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": "${{ github.event.issue.html_url }}",
-                                        "marks": [
-                                            {
-                                                "type": "link",
-                                                "attrs": {
-                                                    "href": "${{ github.event.issue.html_url }}"
-                                                }
-                                            }
-                                        ]
-                                    }
-                                ]
-                            },
-                            {
-                                "type": "paragraph",
-                                "content": [
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": "Description",
-                                        "marks": [
-                                            {
-                                                "type": "strong"
-                                            }
-                                        ]
-                                    },
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": ":"
-                                    }
-                                ]
-                            },
-                            {
-                                "type": "codeBlock",
-                                "content": [
-                                    {
-                                        "type": "text",
-                                        "text": `${{ github.event.issue.body }}`
-                                    }
-                                ]
-                            }
-                        ]
-                    }
-                }
-            });
-
-            const response = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/rest/api/3/issue`, {
-              method: 'POST',
-              headers: {
-                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                'Authorization': `Basic ${btoa(userEmail + ":" + jiraToken)}`
-              },
-              body: requestBody
-            });
-            if (!response.ok) {
-              throw new Error(`JIRA API error! Status: ${response.status}`);
-            }
-            const data = await response.json();
-            console.log('Jira Issue Created:', data.key);
-        env:
-          JIRA_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_BASE_URL }}
-          JIRA_USER_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.JIRA_USER_EMAIL }}
-          JIRA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JIRA_API_TOKEN }}
-          JIRA_PROJECT: ${{ secrets.JIRA_PROJECT }}
-          JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE: ${{ secrets.JIRA_ISSUE_TYPE }}
-          ISSUES_JIRA_FIELDS: "${{ secrets.ISSUES_JIRA_FIELDS }}"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b93db75..9e7c658 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.6.1 (2026-07-22)
+
+### Fix: Dependency security upgrades
+
+- Upgraded `black` to `>=26.3.1` to fix a high-severity Directory Traversal vulnerability ([SNYK-PYTHON-BLACK-15518063](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-BLACK-15518063)).
+- Upgraded `pip` to `>=26.1.2` to fix Arbitrary File Upload ([SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16115367](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16115367)), Arbitrary Code Injection ([SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16316401](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16316401)), and Directory Traversal ([SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16964647](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PIP-16964647)) vulnerabilities.
+- Upgraded `setuptools` to `>=83.0.0` to fix an Improper Unicode Encoding Handling vulnerability ([SNYK-PYTHON-SETUPTOOLS-17895075](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-SETUPTOOLS-17895075)).
+
 ## v1.6.0 (2026-06-22)
 
 ### New feature: Multi-region endpoint resolution
diff --git a/contentstack_utils/__init__.py b/contentstack_utils/__init__.py
index da70a53..a586d8d 100644
--- a/contentstack_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/contentstack_utils/__init__.py
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@
 __title__ = 'contentstack_utils'
 __author__ = 'contentstack'
 __status__ = 'debug'
-__version__ = '1.6.0'
+__version__ = '1.6.1'
 __endpoint__ = 'cdn.contentstack.io'
 __contact__ = 'support@contentstack.com'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3883baa..2f61310 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-pip~=26.0
-setuptools==80.3.1
+pip>=26.1.2
+setuptools>=83.0.0
 lxml~=6.1.0
 ruff==0.11.5
 pytest>=7.0.0
 pytest-cov>=4.0.0
 pytest-html>=4.2.0
-black>=24.3.0
+black>=26.3.1
 flake8>=6.0.0
 isort>=5.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a3afc96..1471969 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def run(self):
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-utils-python",
     license='MIT',
-    version='1.6.0',
+    version='1.6.1',
     install_requires=[
 
     ],