diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d22fe..a6fff90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- Bump `golang.org/x/text` to v0.39.0 (CVE-2026-56852)
+
 ## v0.19.1
 
 - fix(help): correct misleading $XDG_CONFIG_HOME wording to the real ~/.config/task-watcher/config.yaml path in --help and README; add config location to command Long help
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e9d959..171edf1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260625142307-59b4966ccb57 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.45.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.39.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.274.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ee1fc3c..c8d68d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1115,8 +1115,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/text v0.15.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/text v0.22.0/go.mod h1:YRoo4H8PVmsu+E3Ou7cqLVH8oXWIHVoX0jqUWALQhfY=
-golang.org/x/text v0.38.0 h1:sXmwo9DwP3OK9EZ7PqAdaooSGozfl/3a6/xJcbzPRhE=
-golang.org/x/text v0.38.0/go.mod h1:YXZt3QhHUKYT53r2lLKFIVi6Ao1jdzrTR/KQ09qyxF4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.39.0 h1:UbZz4pLOvn600D6Oh6GGEI6VAmndrEBLv8/6BEXzyus=
+golang.org/x/text v0.39.0/go.mod h1:3UwRclnC2g0TU9x8PZiyfOajCd1zaUNHF9cvqcQZ+ZM=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 h1:bbrp8t3bGUeFOx08pvsMYRTCVSMk89u4tKbNOZbp88U=
 golang.org/x/time v0.15.0/go.mod h1:Y4YMaQmXwGQZoFaVFk4YpCt4FLQMYKZe9oeV/f4MSno=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=