diff --git a/seleniumbase/__version__.py b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
index b8f5dbaadbb..7d9b8d301dd 100755
--- a/seleniumbase/__version__.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/__version__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # seleniumbase package
-__version__ = "4.45.9"
+__version__ = "4.45.10"
diff --git a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
index 8719bbce2b7..674cd5fa119 100644
--- a/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
+++ b/seleniumbase/undetected/cdp_driver/cdp_util.py
@@ -565,7 +565,11 @@ async def start(
                 platform_var = platform_var[1:-1]
     if IS_LINUX and not headless and not headed and not xvfb:
         xvfb = True  # The default setting on Linux
-    __activate_virtual_display_as_needed(headless, headed, xvfb, xvfb_metrics)
+    if not host or not port:
+        # The browser hasn't been launched yet. (May need a virtual display)
+        __activate_virtual_display_as_needed(
+            headless, headed, xvfb, xvfb_metrics
+        )
     if proxy and "@" in str(proxy):
         user_with_pass = proxy.split("@")[0]
         if ":" in user_with_pass:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6606eab3cb3..155612ae036 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
         # (An optional library for parsing PDF files.)
         "pdfminer": [
             'pdfminer.six==20251107;python_version<"3.10"',
-            'pdfminer.six==20251230;python_version>="3.10"',
+            'pdfminer.six==20260107;python_version>="3.10"',
             'cryptography==46.0.3',
             'cffi==2.0.0',
             'pycparser==2.23',