diff --git a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
index d026cb8566a..5ed1539a88f 100644
--- a/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
+++ b/mkdocs_build/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pymdown-extensions>=10.21.3
 pipdeptree>=2.35.3
 python-dateutil>=2.8.2
 Markdown==3.10.2
-click==8.4.0
+click==8.4.1
 ghp-import==2.1.0
 watchdog==6.0.0
 cairocffi==1.7.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dce4bb14796..b0909de473a 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pip>=26.0.1;python_version<"3.10"
-pip>=26.1.1;python_version>="3.10"
+pip>=26.1.2;python_version>="3.10"
 packaging>=26.2
 setuptools~=70.2;python_version<"3.10"
 setuptools>=82.0.1;python_version>="3.10"
diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index cc97ad86a11..90706756530 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.49.3"
+__version__ = "4.49.4"
diff --git a/seleniumbase/undetected/__init__.py b/seleniumbase/undetected/__init__.py
index 71cce497ba8..816d15c1b02 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/undetected/__init__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/undetected/__init__.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def __init__(
                 self._process_create_time = (
                     psutil.Process(self._process_pid).create_time()
                 )
-            except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
+            except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, PermissionError):
                 self._process_create_time = None
             service_ = None
             log_output = subprocess.PIPE
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ def is_running(self):
             return process.status() != psutil.STATUS_ZOMBIE
         except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
             return False
+        except PermissionError:
+            return None
 
     def remove_cdc_props_as_needed(self):
         cdc_props = self._get_cdc_props()
diff --git a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
index 2aff58a1f26..1f996fb2863 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/browser.py
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ def is_running(self):
             return process.status() != psutil.STATUS_ZOMBIE
         except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
             return False
+        except PermissionError:
+            return None
 
     def get_rd_host(self):
         return self.config.host
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ async def start(self=None) -> Browser:
                 self._process_create_time = (
                     psutil.Process(self._process_pid).create_time()
                 )
-            except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
+            except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, PermissionError):
                 self._process_create_time = None
         await asyncio.sleep(0.05)
         self._http = HTTPApi((self.config.host, self.config.port))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 215dd071d9c..8fc93825a8b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
     python_requires=">=3.9",
     install_requires=[
         'pip>=26.0.1;python_version<"3.10"',
-        'pip>=26.1.1;python_version>="3.10"',
+        'pip>=26.1.2;python_version>="3.10"',
         'packaging>=26.2',
         'setuptools~=70.2;python_version<"3.10"',  # Newer ones had issues
         'setuptools>=82.0.1;python_version>="3.10"',