diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 46c1edbfd..e44593485 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ updates:
         patterns:
           - "microsoft-*"
           - "aspnet-*"
+      wolverine:
+        patterns:
+          - "wolverinefx*"
+      openiddict:
+        patterns:
+          - "openiddict*"
       ef-core:
         patterns:
           - "*entityframework*"
diff --git a/api/Directory.Packages.props b/api/Directory.Packages.props
index cb6cb1a95..34654db0b 100644
--- a/api/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/api/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
     <!-- ======================================
          CQRS & Messaging (Wolverine)
          ====================================== -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx" Version="6.21.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.RuntimeCompilation" Version="6.21.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.FluentValidation" Version="6.21.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.21.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.Postgresql" Version="6.21.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx" Version="6.33.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.RuntimeCompilation" Version="6.33.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.FluentValidation" Version="6.33.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="6.33.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.Postgresql" Version="6.33.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation" Version="12.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="12.1.1" />
     <!-- ======================================
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.FeatureManagement.AspNetCore" Version="4.6.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.AspNetCore" Version="7.6.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.AspNetCore" Version="7.6.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.6.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Identity.Stores" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Google" Version="$(AspNetCoreVersion)" />
diff --git a/api/tests/Wallow.Api.Tests/Integration/MultipleHandlerSeparationTests.cs b/api/tests/Wallow.Api.Tests/Integration/MultipleHandlerSeparationTests.cs
index fcd2829bf..d59442d92 100644
--- a/api/tests/Wallow.Api.Tests/Integration/MultipleHandlerSeparationTests.cs
+++ b/api/tests/Wallow.Api.Tests/Integration/MultipleHandlerSeparationTests.cs
@@ -208,19 +208,18 @@ private static void AssertHandlersRanIndependently<TMessage>(ITrackedSession ses
             "duplicated side effect this setting exists to prevent");
 
         // The sharpest statement of the defect: the retry replayed the failing handler and nothing
-        // else. Count deliveries rather than executions so the claim is about what the transport
-        // handed each handler, and stay off the exact retry count so tuning the error policy does
-        // not rewrite this test.
-        ILookup<bool, EnvelopeRecord> deliveries =
-            RecordsOf<TMessage>(session.Received).ToLookup(record => QueueOf(record) == poisonedQueue);
+        // else. Inline retries reuse the same delivery, so count execution attempts rather than
+        // transport receipts. Avoid pinning the retry count to a particular error policy.
+        ILookup<bool, EnvelopeRecord> executions =
+            RecordsOf<TMessage>(session.Executed).ToLookup(record => QueueOf(record) == poisonedQueue);
 
-        deliveries[true].Should().HaveCountGreaterThan(
+        executions[true].Should().HaveCountGreaterThan(
             1,
             "the poisoned handler is the one that must be retried");
 
-        deliveries[false].Should().HaveCount(
+        executions[false].Should().HaveCount(
             handlerCount - 1,
-            "each healthy handler must be delivered the message exactly once — the poisoned " +
+            "each healthy handler must execute the message exactly once — the poisoned " +
             "handler's retry must not put it back in front of any of them");
     }