diff --git a/changelog/3371.changed.md b/changelog/3371.changed.md
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `SpeechmaticsSTTService` dependency to `speechmatics-voice[smart]>=0.2.6`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29939935f..471dfcdf2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ silero = [ "onnxruntime>=1.20.1,<2" ]
 simli = [ "simli-ai~=1.0.3"]
 soniox = [ "pipecat-ai[websockets-base]" ]
 soundfile = [ "soundfile~=0.13.1" ]
-speechmatics = [ "speechmatics-voice[smart]>=0.2.4" ]
+speechmatics = [ "speechmatics-voice[smart]>=0.2.6" ]
 strands = [ "strands-agents>=1.9.1,<2" ]
 tavus=[]
 together = []