diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ea3c03d..4f3091b 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+    groups:
+      ef-core:
+        patterns:
+          - 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore*'
+        update-types: ['minor', 'patch']
     # Keep EF Core on the 8.x line; EF major upgrades are coordinated, gated changes.
     ignore:
       - dependency-name: "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d0ae64c..ed26e0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ jobs:
           --filter "FullyQualifiedName~KeelMatrix.QueryWatch.Providers.SmokeTests"
 
   package-and-analyze:
-    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     needs: [test, smoke-tests]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index c4cfd8d..3d083e0 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="KeelMatrix.QueryWatch.EfCore" Version="[0.1.1]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="KeelMatrix.Redaction" Version="[0.1.0]" />
     <PackageVersion Include="KeelMatrix.Telemetry" Version="[0.1.1]" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.401" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.403" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.PublicApiAnalyzers" Version="3.3.4" />
     <PackageVersion Include="FluentAssertions" Version="8.11.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="System.Security.Cryptography.Pkcs" Version="8.0.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit" Version="2.7.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="4.0.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="coverlet.collector" Version="10.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.10.1" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.12" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.31" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="8.0.31" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.12" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="18.11.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="System.Text.Json" Version="10.0.14" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="8.0.33" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational" Version="8.0.33" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.14" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="8.0.33" />
 
     <!-- Security floors for transitive .NET and authentication dependencies. -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.12" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="10.0.14" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" Version="4.90.1" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Identity.Client" Version="4.92.0" />
 
     <!-- Keep SQLite test coverage while requiring SQLite 3.50.2 or newer. -->
     <PackageVersion Include="SQLitePCLRaw.bundle_e_sqlite3" Version="3.0.5" />
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	<PackageVersion Include="BenchmarkDotNet" Version="0.13.12" />
 	<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="7.1.1" />
 	<PackageVersion Include="Npgsql" Version="8.0.6" />
-	<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.31" />
+	<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="8.0.33" />
 	<PackageVersion Include="Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL" Version="8.0.11" />
     <PackageVersion Include="MySqlConnector" Version="2.6.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="8.0.3" />