diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cocotb.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cocotb.yml
index 308416a28d9..c195e9937bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cocotb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cocotb.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ jobs:
           # Run the same simulator-agnostic subset upstream's own release process
           # runs before publishing (noxfile.py release_test_nosim): stage the
           # pytest suite (gotcha 25/36) and deselect every simulator_required test.
-          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest>=6
+          # 2.1.0's test_ipython_support.py imports pexpect at collection time even
+          # though it's simulator_required and gets deselected below.
+          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest>=6 pexpect
           CIBW_TEST_SOURCES: tests/pytest pyproject.toml
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -m pytest -v -k "not simulator_required" tests/pytest
 
diff --git a/docs/packages/cocotb.yaml b/docs/packages/cocotb.yaml
index 8801da9377b..556fa8b8436 100644
--- a/docs/packages/cocotb.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/cocotb.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ versions:
   - filename: cocotb-2.0.1-cp313-cp313-manylinux_2_38_riscv64.manylinux_2_39_riscv64.whl
     sha256: 3e6488ecbee278619d798a80c7c1f1abe3349a36816b2797f6298afcf2ab33dd
     requires-python: '>=3.6.2'
+- version: 2.1.0