diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8742666966..b403314cfc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Disable format on unknown or invalid syntax.
 - Fix regression in LSP functionality for well-known types.
+- Fix browser open for `buf registry login` in WSL2.
 
 ## [v1.60.0] - 2025-11-14
 
diff --git a/cmd/buf/internal/command/mod/modopen/modopen.go b/cmd/buf/internal/command/mod/modopen/modopen.go
index 724bf65d5e..4795a142f3 100644
--- a/cmd/buf/internal/command/mod/modopen/modopen.go
+++ b/cmd/buf/internal/command/mod/modopen/modopen.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/buf/bufcli"
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/bufpkg/bufconfig"
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/pkg/syserror"
-	"github.com/pkg/browser"
+	"github.com/cli/browser"
 )
 
 const deprecationMessage = "this command is not supported for v2 buf.yaml files as v2 buf.yaml files contain multiple modules. However, this command will continue to work for v1 buf.yaml files."
diff --git a/cmd/buf/internal/command/registry/registrylogin/registrylogin.go b/cmd/buf/internal/command/registry/registrylogin/registrylogin.go
index c26f2c4084..a30c9c162b 100644
--- a/cmd/buf/internal/command/registry/registrylogin/registrylogin.go
+++ b/cmd/buf/internal/command/registry/registrylogin/registrylogin.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/pkg/oauth2"
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/pkg/syserror"
 	"github.com/bufbuild/buf/private/pkg/transport/http/httpclient"
-	"github.com/pkg/browser"
+	"github.com/cli/browser"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 47bb0ea4ed..f14ddf2247 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ require (
 	connectrpc.com/otelconnect v0.8.0
 	github.com/bufbuild/protocompile v0.14.2-0.20251112213711-9afd4296dfe2
 	github.com/bufbuild/protoplugin v0.0.0-20250218205857-750e09ce93e1
+	github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v28.5.2+incompatible
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.2.3
 	github.com/gofrs/flock v0.13.0
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.1
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14
-	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
 	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.56.0
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 23dc16e828..936f1cb2f9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ github.com/bufbuild/protoplugin v0.0.0-20250218205857-750e09ce93e1 h1:V1xulAoqLq
 github.com/bufbuild/protoplugin v0.0.0-20250218205857-750e09ce93e1/go.mod h1:c5D8gWRIZ2HLWO3gXYTtUfw/hbJyD8xikv2ooPxnklQ=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0 h1:MyRJ/UdXutAwSAT+s3wNd7MfTIcy71VQueUuFK343L8=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
+github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0 h1:LejqCrpWr+1pRqmEPDGnTZOjsMe7sehifLynZJuqJpo=
+github.com/cli/browser v1.3.0/go.mod h1:HH8s+fOAxjhQoBUAsKuPCbqUuxZDhQ2/aD+SzsEfBTk=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0 h1:tg5yIfIlQIrxYtu9ajqY42W3lpS19XqdxRQeEwYG8PI=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:+YBYIdtsnF4Iw6nWZhJcqGSg/dwvV7tyJ/kCkyJ2k+M=
 github.com/containerd/errdefs/pkg v0.3.0 h1:9IKJ06FvyNlexW690DXuQNx2KA2cUJXx151Xdx3ZPPE=
@@ -136,8 +138,6 @@ github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJw
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1/go.mod h1:qpqAh3Dmcf36wStyyWU+kCeDgrGnAve2nCC8+7h8Q0M=
 github.com/petermattis/goid v0.0.0-20250904145737-900bdf8bb490 h1:QTvNkZ5ylY0PGgA+Lih+GdboMLY/G9SEGLMEGVjTVA4=
 github.com/petermattis/goid v0.0.0-20250904145737-900bdf8bb490/go.mod h1:pxMtw7cyUw6B2bRH0ZBANSPg+AoSud1I1iyJHI69jH4=
-github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=
-github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c/go.mod h1:7rwL4CYBLnjLxUqIJNnCWiEdr3bn6IUYi15bNlnbCCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0 h1:kr88TuHDroi+UVf+0hZnirlk8o8T+4MrK6mr60WkH/I=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.18.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210616094352-59db8d763f22/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 h1:3yZWxaJjBmCWXqhN1qh02AkOnCQ1poK6oF+a7xWL6Gc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=