diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce1c9c52..e25df30a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
+## 2.6.2 (2024-10-17)
+
+### Fixes
+- Ensure that the node package is configured correctly so that you can run `npx @bugsnag/cli` and `yarn bugsnag-cli`. [144](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-cli/pull/144)
+- Replace the axios dependency with fetch to reduce the size of the package. [145](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-cli/pull/144)
+
 ## 2.6.1 (2024-09-18)
 
-# Fixes
+### Fixes
 - Ensure that we only pass either `--code-bundle-id` or `--version-code`/`--version-name`/`--bundle-version` to the upload API. [140](https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-cli/pull/140)
 
 ## 2.6.0 (2024-09-09)
diff --git a/bin/bugsnag-cli b/bin/bugsnag-cli
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4b19b76a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/bugsnag-cli
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.log("error - bugsnag-cli binary has not been installed successfully")
diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
index bc9070ae..cf08cba0 100644
--- a/install.js
+++ b/install.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-const axios = require('axios');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
+const createWriteStream = require('fs').createWriteStream;
+const Readable = require('stream').Readable;
 
 const supportedPlatformsConfig = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'supported-platforms.yml'), 'utf8');
 const { name, repository, version } = require('./package.json');
@@ -51,14 +52,19 @@ const getPlatformMetadata = () => {
 
 const downloadBinaryFromGitHub = async (downloadUrl, outputPath) => {
     try {
-        const binDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(),'..','..','.bin');
+        const binDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(),'bin');
         if (!fs.existsSync(binDir)) {
             fs.mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
         }
 
-        const response = await axios.get(downloadUrl, { responseType: 'arraybuffer' });
-        const binaryData = response.data;
-        fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, binaryData, 'binary');
+        const fileName = downloadUrl.split("/").pop();
+        const resp = await fetch(downloadUrl);
+
+        if (resp.ok && resp.body) {
+            let writer = createWriteStream(outputPath);
+            Readable.fromWeb(resp.body).pipe(writer);
+        }
+
         fs.chmodSync(outputPath, '755');
         console.log('Binary downloaded successfully!');
     } catch (err) {
@@ -69,6 +75,6 @@ const downloadBinaryFromGitHub = async (downloadUrl, outputPath) => {
 const platformMetadata = getPlatformMetadata();
 const repoUrl = removeGitPrefixAndSuffix(repository.url);
 const binaryUrl = `${repoUrl}/releases/download/v${version}/${platformMetadata.ARTIFACT_NAME}`;
-const binaryOutputPath = path.join(process.cwd(),'..','..','.bin', platformMetadata.BINARY_NAME);
+const binaryOutputPath = path.join(process.cwd(),'bin', platformMetadata.BINARY_NAME);
 
 downloadBinaryFromGitHub(binaryUrl, binaryOutputPath);
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fae27879..af914e9c 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ display_help() {
 EOS
 }
 
-VERSION="2.6.1"
+VERSION="2.6.2"
 
 while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
   case "$1" in
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0ebbb25d..e695bbcf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-cli/pkg/utils"
 )
 
-var package_version = "2.6.1"
+var package_version = "2.6.2"
 
 func main() {
 	commands := options.CLI{}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d746618..bb829dcb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bugsnag/cli",
-  "version": "2.6.1",
+  "version": "2.6.2",
   "description": "BugSnag CLI",
   "main": "install.js",
   "bin": {
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-cli#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^1.7.4",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0"
   },
   "files": [
     "install.js",
+    "bin/bugsnag-cli",
     "supported-platforms.yml"
   ],
   "scripts": {