diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3da9036b..886a058d 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.86.1"
+  ".": "0.86.2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f3218b1..0aa7bfda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.86.2 (2025-03-17)
+
+Full Changelog: [v0.86.1...v0.86.2](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/compare/v0.86.1...v0.86.2)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **ci:** ensure pip is always available ([#714](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/issues/714)) ([9e8255b](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/commit/9e8255bea3ac68a124f7a445170d5b665eb39c17))
+* **ci:** remove publishing patch ([#716](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/issues/716)) ([92f82b9](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/commit/92f82b9ccb0fc2b7e58aaa04220734ccf4f71976))
+
 ## 0.86.1 (2025-03-14)
 
 Full Changelog: [v0.86.0...v0.86.1](https://github.com/lithic-com/lithic-python/compare/v0.86.0...v0.86.1)
diff --git a/bin/publish-pypi b/bin/publish-pypi
index 05bfccbb..826054e9 100644
--- a/bin/publish-pypi
+++ b/bin/publish-pypi
@@ -3,7 +3,4 @@
 set -eux
 mkdir -p dist
 rye build --clean
-# Patching importlib-metadata version until upstream library version is updated
-# https://github.com/pypa/twine/issues/977#issuecomment-2189800841
-"$HOME/.rye/self/bin/python3" -m pip install 'importlib-metadata==7.2.1'
 rye publish --yes --token=$PYPI_TOKEN
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 179a4943..6dbe5948 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "lithic"
-version = "0.86.1"
+version = "0.86.2"
 description = "The official Python library for the lithic API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ typecheck = { chain = [
 "typecheck:mypy" = "mypy ."
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
+requires = ["hatchling==1.26.3", "hatch-fancy-pypi-readme"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build]
diff --git a/src/lithic/_version.py b/src/lithic/_version.py
index 573ad699..f002ee8d 100644
--- a/src/lithic/_version.py
+++ b/src/lithic/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "lithic"
-__version__ = "0.86.1"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "0.86.2"  # x-release-please-version