diff --git a/.husky/hooks/test-runner.sh b/.husky/hooks/test-runner.sh
index aa5de03..dea2fc4 100755
--- a/.husky/hooks/test-runner.sh
+++ b/.husky/hooks/test-runner.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ fi
 
 # Run tests
 echo "  - Running tests..."
-if pytest --html=tests/report/test-report.html; then
+# HTML report only when pytest-html is installed (it is optional)
+HTML_ARGS=""
+if python -c "import pytest_html" 2>/dev/null; then
+    HTML_ARGS="--html=tests/report/test-report.html"
+fi
+if pytest $HTML_ARGS; then
     echo "    ✅ All tests passed"
 else
     echo "    ❌ Tests failed. Please fix before pushing."
diff --git a/.husky/pre-push b/.husky/pre-push
index a5b1923..9ed9517 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-push
+++ b/.husky/pre-push
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ fi
 
 # Run tests to ensure code quality
 echo "🧪 Running tests..."
-if ! pytest --html=tests/report/test-report.html; then
+# HTML report only when pytest-html is installed (it is optional)
+HTML_ARGS=""
+if python -c "import pytest_html" 2>/dev/null; then
+    HTML_ARGS="--html=tests/report/test-report.html"
+fi
+if ! pytest $HTML_ARGS; then
     echo "❌ Tests failed. Please fix before pushing."
     exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ea088c..cc91677 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## _v2.8.1_
+
+### **Date: 26-Oct-2026**
+
+- Resolved Snyk dependency findings in `requirements.txt` (DX-27844 to DX-27852, DX-23123, DX-23125 to DX-23129):
+  - Bumped `urllib3` to `~=2.8.0`, `certifi` to `>=2026.10.19` and `setuptools` to `>=84.1.0`.
+  - Removed unused packages that were the source of the remaining vulnerability and licence findings: `twython` (and its `oauthlib`), `tox` (and its `virtualenv`, `chardet`, `distlib`, `filelock`, `platformdirs`, `cachetools`), `utils`, `astroid`, `pytest-html` and `black`. None are imported by the SDK. The runtime requirements in `setup.py` are unchanged.
+
 ## _v2.8.0_
 
 ### **Date: 03-Aug-2026**
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index ac7dad0..d9f2fb3 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 * @contentstack/developer-ecosystem-pr-reviewers
 .github/workflows/ @contentstack/security-admin
 **/.snyk @contentstack/security-admin
-**/CODEOWNERS @contentstack/security-admin
\ No newline at end of file
+**/CODEOWNERS @contentstack/security-admin
+**/.gitguardian.yaml @contentstack/security-admin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contentstack/__init__.py b/contentstack/__init__.py
index e930a2c..a8c4046 100644
--- a/contentstack/__init__.py
+++ b/contentstack/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_contentstack_endpoint(region='us', service='', omit_https=False):
 __title__ = 'contentstack-delivery-python'
 __author__ = 'contentstack'
 __status__ = 'debug'
-__version__ = 'v2.8.0'
+__version__ = 'v2.8.1'
 __endpoint__ = 'cdn.contentstack.io'
 __email__ = 'support@contentstack.com'
 __developer_email__ = 'mobile@contentstack.com'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9b6523d..2793401 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-twython==3.9.1
-setuptools==83.0.0
+setuptools>=84.1.0
 contentstack-utils==1.6.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 requests==2.33.0
 coverage==7.6.0
-tox==4.5.1
-virtualenv~=20.36.1
 Sphinx==7.3.7
 sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.2.7
 pip~=26.0
 build==0.10.0
 wheel~=0.46.2
 lxml==6.1.0
-utils~=1.0.2
 docutils==0.21.2
 pyparsing~=3.1.2
 config~=0.5.1
@@ -22,7 +18,6 @@ argparse~=1.4.0
 toml~=0.10.2
 Jinja2~=3.1.4
 env~=0.1.0
-filelock~=3.20.1
 pluggy~=1.5.0
 six~=1.16.0
 packaging>=24.0
@@ -41,26 +36,18 @@ itsdangerous~=2.2.0
 isort==5.13.2
 pkginfo==1.11.1
 ruff==0.11.5
-astroid==3.2.4
 mccabe==0.7.0
-platformdirs==3.9.1
 imagesize==1.4.1
 snowballstemmer~=2.2.0
 Pygments~=2.20.0
 wrapt==1.16.0
-certifi==2024.8.30
-oauthlib==3.2.2
+certifi>=2026.10.19
 idna==3.15
-chardet~=5.2.0
 alabaster==0.7.16
 zipp==3.20.1
-distlib~=0.3.8
-cachetools~=5.4.0
 tomlkit~=0.13.2
-urllib3~=2.7.0
+urllib3~=2.8.0
 exceptiongroup~=1.2.2
 iniconfig~=2.0.0
 pytest-cov>=4.0.0
-pytest-html>=4.2.0
-black>=24.3.0
-flake8>=6.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+flake8>=6.0.0