diff --git a/.config/dotnet-tools.json b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
index 7dcefc33..807729e4 100644
--- a/.config/dotnet-tools.json
+++ b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "isRoot": true,
   "tools": {
     "dotnet-ef": {
-      "version": "10.0.8",
+      "version": "10.0.9",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-ef"
       ],
diff --git a/src/backend/Directory.Packages.props b/src/backend/Directory.Packages.props
index 68165c97..b6b9be40 100644
--- a/src/backend/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/backend/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-    <FrameworkVersion>10.0.8</FrameworkVersion>
+    <FrameworkVersion>10.0.9</FrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript" Version="13.3.5" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL" Version="13.3.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.JavaScript" Version="13.4.6" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.PostgreSQL" Version="13.4.6" />
 
     <PackageVersion Include="AspNetCore.HealthChecks.NpgSql" Version="9.0.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" Version="10.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Hybrid" Version="10.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Fluid.Core" Version="2.31.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="MailKit" Version="4.16.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="MailKit" Version="4.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentValidation.AspNetCore" Version="11.3.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2025.2.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="10.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="10.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="10.6.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol" Version="1.15.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Hosting" Version="1.15.3" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.AspNetCore" Version="1.15.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.ServiceDiscovery" Version="10.7.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="10.0.2" />
+    <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" />
     <!-- EF Core OTEL instrumentation is stable in practice but officially pre-release. Widely used; tracks the main OTEL package release cycle. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="1.12.0-beta.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.15.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Http" Version="1.16.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OpenTelemetry.Instrumentation.Runtime" Version="1.15.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Scalar.AspNetCore" Version="2.14.14" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Scalar.AspNetCore" Version="2.16.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog" Version="4.3.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="10.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Serilog.Sinks.Async" Version="2.1.0" />
@@ -38,21 +38,21 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Hangfire.AspNetCore" Version="1.8.23" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Hangfire.Core" Version="1.8.23" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Hangfire.PostgreSql" Version="1.21.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.MailPit" Version="13.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Minio" Version="13.3.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="AWSSDK.S3" Version="4.0.23.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.MailPit" Version="13.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Minio" Version="13.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AWSSDK.S3" Version="4.0.100.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp" Version="3.119.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux.NoDependencies" Version="3.119.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Test">
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.5.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.9.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute" Version="5.3.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NSubstitute.Analyzers.CSharp" Version="1.0.17" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Testing" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NetArchTest.Rules" Version="1.3.2" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing" Version="10.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing" Version="10.7.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory" Version="$(FrameworkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>