diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b58e871fd..ae0f4d613 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "tree-sitter-python",
     "tree-sitter-typescript",
     "claude-agent-sdk",
-    "fastapi-guard>=8.0.2",  # HTTP security middleware + per-route decorators (import: guard); security lib: floor tracks latest (CEO directive 2026-09-01)
-    "guard-core[redis]>=4.3.1",  # SecurityConfig/decorator models + protocols; redis extra for enable_redis=True (build_security_config sets it unconditionally); security lib: floor tracks latest (CEO directive 2026-09-01)
+    "fastapi-guard>=8.1.2",  # HTTP security middleware + per-route decorators (import: guard); security lib: floor tracks latest (CEO directive 2026-09-01)
+    "guard-core[redis]>=4.4.0",  # SecurityConfig/decorator models + protocols; redis extra for enable_redis=True (build_security_config sets it unconditionally); security lib: floor tracks latest (CEO directive 2026-09-01)
     "fastapi-users[sqlalchemy]",  # Cloud auth: cookie session for the seeded CEO login
     "fastapi-users-db-sqlalchemy",  # imported directly (SQLAlchemyUserDatabase); declare it
     "pyjwt",  # imported directly as `jwt` in the cloud-auth JWT strategy