diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2e44a846..fc8e81d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "caido-sdk-client>=0.2.0",
   "reportlab>=4.0",
   "pypdf>=5.0",
-  # Cap <49: 49.x drops the universal2 macOS wheel (arm64-only), which breaks
-  # the Intel macOS (macos-x86_64) release build's `uv sync --frozen`.
+  # NOTE: cryptography >=49.x drops the universal2 macOS wheel (arm64-only);
+  # the Intel macOS (macos-x86_64) release build is therefore retired as of this
+  # change. CVE-2026-69247 requires >=50.0.0, so the <49 cap has been removed
+  # and macos-x86_64 is no longer a supported release target.
   "cryptography>=50.0.0",
   "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]