diff --git a/BethanysPieShopAdvanced.WebApi/BethanysPieShop.WebApi.csproj b/BethanysPieShopAdvanced.WebApi/BethanysPieShop.WebApi.csproj
index d79c197..fb5ad8b 100644
--- a/BethanysPieShopAdvanced.WebApi/BethanysPieShop.WebApi.csproj
+++ b/BethanysPieShopAdvanced.WebApi/BethanysPieShop.WebApi.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
 			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
 		</PackageReference>
+		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" />
 	</ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index e523bab..c90e814 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- App/Web -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.12" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" Version="10.2.3" />
 
     <!-- EF Core -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="10.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.10" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="10.0.12" />
 
     <!-- Mapping (14.0.0 is the last free/OSS version; 15+ requires a commercial license) -->
     <PackageVersion Include="AutoMapper" Version="14.0.0" />
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt" Version="8.22.0" />
 
     <!-- Testing -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.8.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.10.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="3.2.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5" />
     <!-- 7.2.2 is the last free version; 8+ uses a paid commercial license -->
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="7.2.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute" Version="6.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute" Version="6.2.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="10.0.12" />
 
     <!-- Aspire orchestration (AppHost SDK supplies DCP + Dashboard binaries) -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.4.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.5.4" />
 
     <!-- OpenTelemetry -->
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.9.0" />