diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index f5b88463bd..5d63f56ecf 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@
          AggregateType (TypeDescriptor), populated in the shared
          SubscriptionDescriptor(ISubscriptionSource, IEventStore) ctor that Marten's projections
          funnel through via ProjectionGraph.Describe. See marten#4772. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx" Version="2.18.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events" Version="2.18.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events.SourceGenerator" Version="2.18.0">
+    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx" Version="2.18.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events" Version="2.18.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.Events.SourceGenerator" Version="2.18.1">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageVersion>
-    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.SourceGenerator" Version="2.18.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="JasperFx.SourceGenerator" Version="2.18.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Jil" Version="3.0.0-alpha2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Lamar" Version="7.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Lamar.Microsoft.DependencyInjection" Version="15.0.0" />
diff --git a/src/ContainerScopedProjectionTests/Bug_4787_di_projection_with_instance_apply.cs b/src/ContainerScopedProjectionTests/Bug_4787_di_projection_with_instance_apply.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc2388f50e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ContainerScopedProjectionTests/Bug_4787_di_projection_with_instance_apply.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using JasperFx.Events;
+using JasperFx.Events.Projections;
+using Marten;
+using Marten.Events.Aggregation;
+using Marten.Testing.Harness;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Npgsql;
+using Shouldly;
+using Weasel.Postgresql;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ContainerScopedProjectionTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Repro for https://github.com/JasperFx/marten/issues/4787. A
+/// <see cref="SingleStreamProjection{T,TId}"/> registered via
+/// <c>AddProjectionWithServices</c> with constructor-injected dependencies
+/// and conventional instance methods (<c>Create</c> / <c>Apply</c> /
+/// <c>ShouldDelete</c>) has its dependencies silently NULL inside every
+/// convention method on Marten 9.11+ / JasperFx.Events 2.14.x+. The
+/// reporter's original "silent zero events" symptom came from a downstream
+/// null-conditional masking the NRE; these tests deref the injected
+/// service directly so the failure surfaces deterministically.
+///
+/// Root cause is visible in the generated Evolver (file is in
+/// <c>obj/.../OrderProjection.Evolver.g.cs</c>):
+/// <code>
+/// _projection => _projectionInstance ??= (OrderProjection)
+///     RuntimeHelpers.GetUninitializedObject(typeof(OrderProjection));
+/// </code>
+/// That bypasses the constructor entirely — added in jasperfx#470 /
+/// JasperFx 2.14.1 commit <c>1b728d1</c>
+/// (<c>EvolverCodeEmitter.cs:152-163</c>) to make DI-only-ctor projections
+/// compile (previously CS7036). It fixed compilation but introduced this
+/// runtime regression: <c>tryUseAssemblyRegisteredEvolver</c>
+/// (<c>JasperFxAggregationProjectionBase.cs:222</c>) routes every Apply /
+/// Create / ShouldDelete through the uninitialized shadow, so the
+/// DI-resolved projection that <c>AddProjectionWithServices</c> supplied
+/// is never used for event dispatch.
+///
+/// Coverage matrix: 3 convention methods × 3 <see cref="ServiceLifetime"/>
+/// values = 9 cases, all expected to fail today the same way and to pass
+/// once the dispatcher routes through the DI-built instance.
+///
+/// Note that <c>AddProjectionWithServices</c> documents Transient as
+/// "treated as Scoped" — we still parameterize over all three so any
+/// future per-lifetime divergence is captured.
+/// </summary>
+[Collection("ioc")]
+public class Bug_4787_di_projection_with_instance_apply
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Singleton)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Scoped)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Transient)]
+    public async Task Create_convention_sees_injected_dependency(ServiceLifetime lifetime)
+    {
+        var recorder = await runScenario("create", lifetime, append =>
+        {
+            // Stream-start event triggers the Create convention.
+            append(new OrderCreatedEvent { OrderNumber = "X", Version = 1 });
+        });
+
+        recorder.Created.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        recorder.Created[0].ShouldBeOfType<OrderCreatedEvent>();
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Singleton)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Scoped)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Transient)]
+    public async Task Apply_convention_sees_injected_dependency(ServiceLifetime lifetime)
+    {
+        var recorder = await runScenario("apply", lifetime, append =>
+        {
+            // Create first to materialize the snapshot, then Apply runs for
+            // the second event.
+            append(new OrderCreatedEvent { OrderNumber = "X", Version = 1 });
+            append(new OrderUpdatedEvent { OrderNumber = "X", Version = 2, Total = 42m });
+        });
+
+        recorder.Applied.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        recorder.Applied[0].ShouldBeOfType<OrderUpdatedEvent>();
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Singleton)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Scoped)]
+    [InlineData(ServiceLifetime.Transient)]
+    public async Task ShouldDelete_convention_sees_injected_dependency(ServiceLifetime lifetime)
+    {
+        var recorder = await runScenario("delete", lifetime, append =>
+        {
+            // Create + Closed sequence — ShouldDelete is the predicate that
+            // tombstones the aggregate when a Closed event arrives.
+            append(new OrderCreatedEvent { OrderNumber = "X", Version = 1 });
+            append(new OrderClosedEvent { OrderNumber = "X", Version = 2 });
+        });
+
+        recorder.ShouldDeleteChecked.Count.ShouldBe(1);
+        recorder.ShouldDeleteChecked[0].ShouldBeOfType<OrderClosedEvent>();
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<OrderEventRecorder> runScenario(
+        string scenario, ServiceLifetime lifetime, Action<Action<OrderEvent>> arrange)
+    {
+        // Per-scenario, per-lifetime schema so test cases don't collide.
+        // Compact name to stay well under PostgreSQL's 63-char identifier limit.
+        var schema = $"b4787_{scenario}_{lifetime.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()}";
+
+        await using (var conn = new NpgsqlConnection(ConnectionSource.ConnectionString))
+        {
+            await conn.OpenAsync();
+            await conn.DropSchemaAsync(schema);
+            await conn.CloseAsync();
+        }
+
+        var recorder = new OrderEventRecorder();
+
+        using var host = await Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+            .ConfigureServices(services =>
+            {
+                services.AddSingleton<IOrderEventRecorder>(recorder);
+
+                services.AddMarten(opts =>
+                    {
+                        opts.Connection(ConnectionSource.ConnectionString);
+                        opts.DatabaseSchemaName = schema;
+                        opts.Events.StreamIdentity = StreamIdentity.AsString;
+                        opts.Schema.For<OrderAggregate>().Identity(x => x.OrderNumber);
+                    })
+                    .AddProjectionWithServices<OrderProjection>(ProjectionLifecycle.Inline, lifetime);
+            })
+            .StartAsync();
+
+        var store = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IDocumentStore>();
+
+        var events = new List<OrderEvent>();
+        arrange(events.Add);
+
+        await using (var session = store.LightweightSession())
+        {
+            session.Events.StartStream<OrderAggregate>("X", events.Cast<object>().ToArray());
+            await session.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        return recorder;
+    }
+}
+
+public interface IOrderEventRecorder
+{
+    void RecordCreate(OrderEvent @event);
+    void RecordApply(OrderEvent @event);
+    void RecordShouldDelete(OrderEvent @event);
+    IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> Created { get; }
+    IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> Applied { get; }
+    IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> ShouldDeleteChecked { get; }
+}
+
+public class OrderEventRecorder: IOrderEventRecorder
+{
+    private readonly List<OrderEvent> _created = new();
+    private readonly List<OrderEvent> _applied = new();
+    private readonly List<OrderEvent> _shouldDelete = new();
+
+    public void RecordCreate(OrderEvent @event) => _created.Add(@event);
+    public void RecordApply(OrderEvent @event) => _applied.Add(@event);
+    public void RecordShouldDelete(OrderEvent @event) => _shouldDelete.Add(@event);
+
+    public IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> Created => _created;
+    public IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> Applied => _applied;
+    public IReadOnlyList<OrderEvent> ShouldDeleteChecked => _shouldDelete;
+}
+
+public abstract class OrderEvent
+{
+    public required string OrderNumber { get; init; }
+    public required int Version { get; init; }
+}
+
+public class OrderCreatedEvent: OrderEvent
+{
+}
+
+public class OrderUpdatedEvent: OrderEvent
+{
+    public required decimal Total { get; init; }
+}
+
+public class OrderClosedEvent: OrderEvent
+{
+}
+
+public record OrderAggregate
+{
+    public string OrderNumber { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public IReadOnlyList<OrderLine> Versions { get; init; } = new List<OrderLine>();
+}
+
+public record OrderLine
+{
+    public string OrderNumber { get; init; } = string.Empty;
+    public int Version { get; init; }
+    public decimal Total { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Mirrors the reporter's shape: partial projection class, instance
+/// convention methods (<c>Create</c>, <c>Apply</c>, <c>ShouldDelete</c>),
+/// constructor-injected dependency. Every convention method dereferences
+/// the injected recorder so a null-injection bug surfaces deterministically
+/// (rather than silently as in the reporter's original null-conditional
+/// masking).
+/// </summary>
+public partial class OrderProjection: SingleStreamProjection<OrderAggregate, string>
+{
+    private readonly IOrderEventRecorder _recorder;
+
+    public OrderProjection(IOrderEventRecorder recorder)
+    {
+        _recorder = recorder;
+    }
+
+    public OrderAggregate Create(OrderCreatedEvent @event)
+    {
+        _recorder.RecordCreate(@event);
+
+        return new OrderAggregate
+        {
+            OrderNumber = @event.OrderNumber,
+            Versions = new List<OrderLine>
+            {
+                new() { OrderNumber = @event.OrderNumber, Version = @event.Version }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public OrderAggregate Apply(OrderAggregate snapshot, OrderUpdatedEvent @event)
+    {
+        _recorder.RecordApply(@event);
+
+        var versions = snapshot.Versions.ToList();
+        versions.Add(new OrderLine
+        {
+            OrderNumber = @event.OrderNumber,
+            Version = @event.Version,
+            Total = @event.Total
+        });
+
+        return snapshot with { Versions = versions.AsReadOnly() };
+    }
+
+    public bool ShouldDelete(OrderAggregate snapshot, OrderClosedEvent @event)
+    {
+        _recorder.RecordShouldDelete(@event);
+        return true;
+    }
+}