diff --git a/Dockerfile.fromwheel b/Dockerfile.fromwheel
index 82043e1..ed65197 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.fromwheel
+++ b/Dockerfile.fromwheel
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/buildkit/pip \
 # * this moves the dependency on the bugsink wheel up in the build-order, and
 #     that's precisely the most changing part, i.e. the thing that breaks caching.
 #
-# * all current (Apr 2025) dependencies .whl files are available on PyPI anyway.
-#     Exception: inotify_simple, but it's a pure python tar.gz; Nothing much
-#     is gained by fetch-first-install-later. And if we ever depend on further
-#     packages that require a build step, explicit action is probably needed
-#     anyway b/c of the build deps.
+# * all current (Aug 2025) dependencies .whl files are available on PyPI anyway.
+#     Nothing much is gained by fetch-first-install-later. And if we ever
+#     depend on packages that require a build step, explicit action is probably
+#     needed anyway b/c of the build deps.
 #
 # * pointing to requirements.txt here instead of the wheel is tempting, but
 #     breaks the idea of "just build the wheel" (requirements.txt is whatever
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed4a273..bd88016 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jsonschema==4.25.*
 semver==3.0.*
 django-admin-autocomplete-filter==0.7.*
 pygments==2.19.*
-inotify_simple==1.3.*
+inotify_simple==2.0.*
 Brotli==1.1.*
 python-dateutil==2.9.*
 whitenoise==6.9.*