diff --git a/backend/Directory.Packages.props b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
index 8a47953..b7b4a54 100644
--- a/backend/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/backend/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
          10.0.7 transitively, which clears GHSA-9mv3-2cwr-p262 / CVE-2026-40372
          (affected <= 10.0.6). The runtime-shared DataProtection is intentionally
          not referenced directly (NU1510: redundant with the shared framework). -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Npgsql" Version="13.2.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Npgsql" Version="13.2.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.0.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="10.0.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.1" />
     <!-- Persistence — Marten + Wolverine (event-sourcing + outbox) -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Marten" Version="8.32.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Marten.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.32.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx" Version="5.32.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.32.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.Marten" Version="5.32.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Marten" Version="8.36.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Marten.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.36.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx" Version="5.37.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.37.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="WolverineFx.Marten" Version="5.37.2" />
     <!-- Observability — OpenTelemetry -->
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry" Version="1.15.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.15.3" />
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.15.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.15.1" />
     <!-- LLM / Prompt -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="12.16.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="YamlDotNet" Version="17.0.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="12.20.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="YamlDotNet" Version="17.1.0" />
     <!-- Configuration (eval tests) -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="10.0.7" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="10.0.7" />
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.v3" Version="3.2.2" />
     <!-- Analyzers -->
     <PackageVersion Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.2.0-beta.556" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SonarAnalyzer.CSharp" Version="10.24.0.138807" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SonarAnalyzer.CSharp" Version="10.25.0.139117" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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