diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9eab7011c98..ad57101a899 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pyyaml>=6.0.3
 pygments>=2.19.2
 pyreadline3>=3.5.4;platform_system=="Windows"
 tabcompleter>=1.4.0
-pdbp>=1.8.0
+pdbp>=1.8.1
 idna>=3.11
 chardet==5.2.0
 charset-normalizer>=3.4.4,<4
diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index c16c8036661..c814b73e687 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.44.4"
+__version__ = "4.44.5"
diff --git a/seleniumbase/core/browser_launcher.py b/seleniumbase/core/browser_launcher.py
index ebdb023912d..0b2a92099da 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/core/browser_launcher.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/core/browser_launcher.py
@@ -3255,8 +3255,8 @@ def get_driver(
     proxy_pass = None
     proxy_scheme = "http"
     if proxy_string:
-        # (The code below was for the Chrome 137 extension fix)
-        # sb_config._cdp_proxy = proxy_string
+        # (The line below is for the Chrome 142 proxy auth fix)
+        sb_config._cdp_proxy = proxy_string
         username_and_password = None
         if "@" in proxy_string:
             # Format => username:password@hostname:port
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8919255f79e..8d978b896ba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         'pygments>=2.19.2',
         'pyreadline3>=3.5.4;platform_system=="Windows"',
         "tabcompleter>=1.4.0",
-        "pdbp>=1.8.0",
+        "pdbp>=1.8.1",
         "idna>=3.11",
         'chardet==5.2.0',
         'charset-normalizer>=3.4.4,<4',