diff --git a/backend/Directory.Packages.props b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
index 562b2dc..24c6441 100644
--- a/backend/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -11,39 +11,39 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.Python" Version="13.4.6" />
 
     <!-- ServiceDefaults -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="10.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="10.7.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.16.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.16.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.16.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.16.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="1.15.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="10.8.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="10.8.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.17.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="1.17.0" />
 
     <!-- ASP.NET Core / API surface -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Asp.Versioning.Mvc" Version="10.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.OpenApi" Version="2.10.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.OpenApi" Version="2.11.0" />
 
     <!-- EF Core / Postgres -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.9" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.10" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.3" />
 
     <!-- Identity / OpenIddict -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.AspNetCore" Version="7.5.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.5.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.AspNetCore" Version="7.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenIddict.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="7.6.0" />
 
     <!-- Validation -->
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation" Version="12.1.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation.DependencyInjectionExtensions" Version="12.1.1" />
 
     <!-- Testing (shared across every *.Tests project) -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="AwesomeAssertions" Version="9.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AwesomeAssertions" Version="9.5.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.msbuild" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.8.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />