diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index d4353874..77fb5d29 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project>
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <Version>8.10.2</Version>
+        <Version>8.10.3</Version>
         <LangVersion>13.0</LangVersion>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
diff --git a/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/TphBaseClassFkDbContext.cs b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/TphBaseClassFkDbContext.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71a61c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/TphBaseClassFkDbContext.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+
+namespace Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests.Postgresql;
+
+public class TphBaseClassFkDbContext : DbContext
+{
+    public TphBaseClassFkDbContext(DbContextOptions<TphBaseClassFkDbContext> options) : base(options)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public DbSet<Vehicle> Vehicles => Set<Vehicle>();
+    public DbSet<Truck> Trucks => Set<Truck>();
+    public DbSet<Sedan> Sedans => Set<Sedan>();
+    public DbSet<VehicleOwner> VehicleOwners => Set<VehicleOwner>();
+
+    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+    {
+        modelBuilder.Entity<Vehicle>(entity =>
+        {
+            entity.ToTable("vehicles");
+            entity.HasKey(e => e.Id);
+            entity.HasDiscriminator<string>("Discriminator")
+                .HasValue<Truck>("Truck")
+                .HasValue<Sedan>("Sedan");
+        });
+
+        modelBuilder.Entity<VehicleOwner>(entity =>
+        {
+            entity.ToTable("vehicle_owners");
+            entity.HasKey(e => e.Id);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/tph_base_class_fk_end_to_end.cs b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/tph_base_class_fk_end_to_end.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ffaad1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Postgresql/tph_base_class_fk_end_to_end.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+using JasperFx;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Shouldly;
+using Weasel.Core;
+using Weasel.Postgresql;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests.Postgresql;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Reproduces GitHub issue #228: TPH topological sort fails when the base class
+/// has a FK dependency, because derived types inherit the same FK causing duplicate
+/// edges that inflate in-degree counts in Kahn's algorithm.
+/// </summary>
+public class tph_base_class_fk_end_to_end : IAsyncLifetime
+{
+    private IHost _host = null!;
+
+    public async Task InitializeAsync()
+    {
+        _host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+            .ConfigureServices(services =>
+            {
+                services.AddDbContext<TphBaseClassFkDbContext>(options =>
+                    options.UseNpgsql(PostgresqlDbContext.ConnectionString));
+
+                services.AddSingleton<Migrator, PostgresqlMigrator>();
+            })
+            .Build();
+
+        await _host.StartAsync();
+    }
+
+    public async Task DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await _host.StopAsync();
+        _host.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void entity_types_sorted_correctly_when_base_class_has_fk()
+    {
+        using var scope = _host.Services.CreateScope();
+        var context = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<TphBaseClassFkDbContext>();
+
+        var entityTypes = DbContextExtensions.GetEntityTypesForMigration(context);
+        var names = entityTypes.Select(e => e.GetTableName()).ToList();
+
+        // vehicle_owners must come before vehicles because vehicles has a FK to vehicle_owners
+        var ownerIndex = names.IndexOf("vehicle_owners");
+        var vehicleIndex = names.IndexOf("vehicles");
+
+        ownerIndex.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(0, "vehicle_owners should be in the list");
+        vehicleIndex.ShouldBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo(0, "vehicles should be in the list");
+        ownerIndex.ShouldBeLessThan(vehicleIndex,
+            "vehicle_owners should come before vehicles due to FK dependency");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task can_apply_migration_when_base_class_has_fk()
+    {
+        using var scope = _host.Services.CreateScope();
+        var context = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<TphBaseClassFkDbContext>();
+
+        // Clean up any previous test state
+        await context.Database.ExecuteSqlRawAsync("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS vehicles");
+        await context.Database.ExecuteSqlRawAsync("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS vehicle_owners");
+
+        var migration = await _host.Services.CreateMigrationAsync(context, CancellationToken.None);
+        migration.ShouldNotBeNull();
+        migration.Migration.Difference.ShouldNotBe(SchemaPatchDifference.None);
+
+        // This would fail before the fix because the topological sort returned
+        // unsorted order, potentially creating vehicles before vehicle_owners
+        await migration.ExecuteAsync(AutoCreate.CreateOrUpdate, CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // Clean up
+        await context.Database.ExecuteSqlRawAsync("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS vehicles");
+        await context.Database.ExecuteSqlRawAsync("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS vehicle_owners");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/TphBaseClassFkEntities.cs b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/TphBaseClassFkEntities.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27291acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/TphBaseClassFkEntities.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+namespace Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests;
+
+// TPH hierarchy where the base class has a FK to another entity.
+// This reproduces GitHub issue #228: the FK on Animal is inherited by
+// Cat and Dog, causing duplicate dependency edges in the topological sort
+// which breaks Kahn's algorithm (in-degree inflated but only decremented once).
+
+public abstract class Vehicle
+{
+    public Guid Id { get; set; }
+    public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public string Discriminator { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public VehicleOwner Owner { get; set; } = default!;
+}
+
+public class Truck : Vehicle
+{
+    public double PayloadCapacity { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class Sedan : Vehicle
+{
+    public int PassengerCount { get; set; }
+}
+
+public class VehicleOwner
+{
+    public Guid Id { get; set; }
+    public string OwnerName { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    public List<Vehicle> Vehicles { get; set; } = [];
+}
diff --git a/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore/DbContextExtensions.cs b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore/DbContextExtensions.cs
index 9d33fb3d..31f5ac42 100644
--- a/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore/DbContextExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Weasel.EntityFrameworkCore/DbContextExtensions.cs
@@ -235,10 +235,11 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<IEntityType> TopologicalSortByForeignKeys(List<IEn
         }
 
         // Build adjacency: for each entity, find which other entities it depends on (via FKs)
-        var dependencies = new Dictionary<IEntityType, List<IEntityType>>();
+        // Use HashSet to avoid duplicate edges from TPH derived types inheriting the same FK
+        var dependencies = new Dictionary<IEntityType, HashSet<IEntityType>>();
         foreach (var et in entityTypes)
         {
-            var deps = new List<IEntityType>();
+            var deps = new HashSet<IEntityType>();
             foreach (var fk in et.GetForeignKeys())
             {
                 var principalKey = (fk.PrincipalEntityType.GetTableName(), fk.PrincipalEntityType.GetSchema());