diff --git a/backend/Directory.Packages.props b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
index 60834b0fe..fc6a9be90 100644
--- a/backend/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -6,24 +6,24 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- ── ASP.NET Core ────────────────────────────────────────── -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.StackExchangeRedis" Version="8.0.30" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.StackExchangeRedis" Version="8.0.31" />
 
     <!-- ── Entity Framework Core (pinned to 8.0.x to match TFM) ── -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.30" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.30" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="8.0.31" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="8.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3" Version="3.0.5" />
 
     <!-- ── Microsoft Extensions (pinned to 8.0.x to match TFM) ── -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="8.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly" Version="8.0.30" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Polly" Version="8.0.31" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.3" />
 
     <!-- ── Identity / JWT ──────────────────────────────────────── -->
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.18.0" />
 
     <!-- ── Error tracking ──────────────────────────────────────── -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Sentry.AspNetCore" Version="6.10.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Sentry.AspNetCore" Version="6.11.0" />
 
     <!-- ── API documentation ───────────────────────────────────── -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.2.3" />
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="YamlDotNet" Version="18.1.0" />
 
     <!-- ── Test infrastructure ─────────────────────────────────── -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.9.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.10.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="4.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.0.1" />