diff --git a/copier.yml b/copier.yml
index 6902e20..9669ae9 100644
--- a/copier.yml
+++ b/copier.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ year:
 python_min:
   type: int
   help: Minimal minor version of Python, i.e '14' for 3.14
-  default: 10
+  default: 11
   validator: >-
     {% if python_min < 8 %}Must be >= 8{% endif %}
 
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ cli_framework:
     No CLI: none
     Typer: typer
     Cyclopts: cyclopts
+  validator: >-
+    {% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' and python_min < 11 %}Cyclopts requires python_min >= 11{% endif %}
 
 has_cli:
   type: bool
diff --git a/project_name/pyproject.toml.jinja b/project_name/pyproject.toml.jinja
index b436496..f6d5057 100644
--- a/project_name/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/project_name/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies = [
   {%- if cli_framework == "typer" %}
   "typer >=0.20",
   {%- elif cli_framework == "cyclopts" %}
-  "cyclopts >=4",
+  "cyclopts >=5",
   {%- endif %}
 ]
 
diff --git a/project_name/src/{{package_name}}/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}cli.py{% endif %}.jinja b/project_name/src/{{package_name}}/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}cli.py{% endif %}.jinja
index ec319d2..73190b9 100644
--- a/project_name/src/{{package_name}}/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}cli.py{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/project_name/src/{{package_name}}/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}cli.py{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Annotated, NoReturn
 
 import cyclopts.types
-from cyclopts import App, CycloptsError, Parameter
+from cyclopts import App, Parameter
 
 app = App(name="{{ project_name }}")
 app.register_install_completion_command()
@@ -49,12 +49,9 @@ def do_something(
 # Maps the commands above onto exit codes, and is what `[project.scripts]` and
 # `__main__` both call.
 
-# sysexits(3) would put usage errors at 64, but 2 is the far wider convention:
-# argparse, click, clap, grep, diff, curl and bash builtins all use it.
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101957/are-there-any-standard-exit-status-codes-in-linux
-EX_USAGE = 2
-# The rest are sysexits(3) codes. `os.EX_*` holds the same values but only
-# exists on Unix, so they are inlined to keep the CLI importable on Windows.
+# Cyclopts itself exits 2 on invalid usage. These are sysexits(3) codes.
+# `os.EX_*` holds the same values but only exists on Unix, so they are inlined
+# to keep the CLI importable on Windows.
 EX_NOINPUT = 66
 EX_UNAVAILABLE = 69
 EX_SOFTWARE = 70
@@ -77,12 +74,7 @@ def main(tokens: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> None:
         # `tokens` is a parameter so that tests can pass a command line here.
         # Under pytest, a bare `app()` warns, since it would parse pytest's own
         # argv, and a test that does so passes while testing nothing.
-        app(tokens, exit_on_error=False)
-    except CycloptsError:
-        # Cyclopts has already printed its own error panel. Cyclopts >=5 exits 2
-        # on parse errors itself, so once the dependency requires it, this clause
-        # and `exit_on_error=False` above can both go.
-        sys.exit(EX_USAGE)
+        app(tokens)
     # Nothing reports the errors below, so without `_fail` the CLI would exit on
     # a bare code and no output. Match on the exception rather than on
     # `type(exc)`, so that subclasses such as ConnectionRefusedError still land
diff --git a/project_name/tests/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}test_cli.py{% endif %}.jinja b/project_name/tests/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}test_cli.py{% endif %}.jinja
index f96d81c..1876e85 100644
--- a/project_name/tests/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}test_cli.py{% endif %}.jinja	
+++ b/project_name/tests/{% if cli_framework == 'cyclopts' %}test_cli.py{% endif %}.jinja	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from {{ package_name }} import __version__, cli
-from {{ package_name }}.cli import EX_SOFTWARE, EX_USAGE, app, main
+from {{ package_name }}.cli import EX_SOFTWARE, app, main
 
 
 def test_version(capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ def test_app(capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
 def test_main_usage_error() -> None:
     with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
         main(["--not-an-option"])
-    assert exc_info.value.code == EX_USAGE
+    # Cyclopts >=5 exits 2 on invalid usage, as argparse, click and clap do.
+    # sysexits(3) would say 64, but 2 is the far wider convention.
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 2
 
 
 def test_main_unhandled_error(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None: