diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 63087f03..de1d9f88 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ case "$JOB_TYPE" in
 
 	pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-	# XXX: workaround for https://github.com/python-cmd2/cmd2/issues/1414
-	# 2.4.3 was the last stable release not affected by this bug (OS#6776)
-	pip install cmd2==2.4.3
-
 	rm -rf docs/_build
 	make -C "docs" html latexpdf
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9749d7fd..056d9129 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pyscard
 pyserial
 pytlv
-cmd2>=1.5
+cmd2>=2.6.2,<3.0
 jsonpath-ng
 construct>=2.10.70
 bidict