diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/356.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/356.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56f70e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/356.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump reuse from 5.1.1 to 6.1.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e086bf1..7ec65a92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools>=42.0",
     "GitPython==3.1.45",
     "Jinja2==3.1.6",
-    "reuse==5.1.1",
+    "reuse==6.1.2",
     "requests==2.32.5",
     "semver==3.0.4",
     "toml==0.10.2",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "GitPython==3.1.45",
     "importlib-metadata==8.7.0",
     "Jinja2==3.1.6",
-    "reuse==5.1.1",
+    "reuse==6.1.2",
     "requests==2.32.5",
     "semver==3.0.4",
     "toml==0.10.2",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f93316c9..9fad6770 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def run(self):
         "GitPython==3.1.45",
         "importlib-metadata==8.7.0",
         "Jinja2==3.1.6",
-        "reuse==5.1.1",
+        "reuse==6.1.2",
         "requests==2.32.5",
         "semver==3.0.4",
         "toml==0.10.2",