diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d50c67d..aa1bd8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify version matches tag
         run: |
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
-          PKG_VERSION=$(python -c "
-import re, pathlib
-text = pathlib.Path('src/tikhub/_version.py').read_text()
-print(re.search(r'__version__\s*=\s*[\"'\''](.*?)[\"'\'']', text).group(1))
-")
+          PKG_VERSION=$(grep -oP '__version__\s*=\s*"\K[^"]+' src/tikhub/_version.py)
           if [ "$TAG" != "$PKG_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "::error::tag $TAG does not match package version $PKG_VERSION"
             exit 1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc88185..c2e951f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "tikhub"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 description = "Modern Python SDK for the TikHub social-media data API."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ dependencies = [
     "httpx>=0.27",
     "pydantic>=2.6",
     "anyio>=4.0",
+    "typer>=0.12",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-cli = ["typer>=0.12"]
 docs = [
     "mkdocs>=1.6",
     "mkdocs-material>=9.5",
diff --git a/src/tikhub/_version.py b/src/tikhub/_version.py
index c32cc59..67ad286 100644
--- a/src/tikhub/_version.py
+++ b/src/tikhub/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Single source of truth for the SDK version."""
 
-__version__ = "2.1.0"
+__version__ = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/src/tikhub/cli/__init__.py b/src/tikhub/cli/__init__.py
index 2c21604..9748bb0 100644
--- a/src/tikhub/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tikhub/cli/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-"""Optional command-line wrapper for the TikHub SDK.
+"""Command-line wrapper for the TikHub SDK.
 
-Install with the ``cli`` extra::
-
-    pip install "tikhub[cli]"
-
-Then::
+Usage::
 
     tikhub health
     tikhub fetch https://v.douyin.com/abc/
diff --git a/src/tikhub/cli/main.py b/src/tikhub/cli/main.py
index b445634..81baf55 100644
--- a/src/tikhub/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/tikhub/cli/main.py
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
-try:
-    import typer
-except ImportError as exc:  # pragma: no cover
-    raise ImportError(
-        "The CLI requires the 'cli' extra. Install with: pip install 'tikhub[cli]'"
-    ) from exc
+import typer
 
 from tikhub import TikHub, TikHubError, __version__