diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3586c7a5..1af1b22c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ dependencies = [
     # pinning. The cap confines uv to the vetted 1.85.x line; raise it deliberately.
     "litellm>=1.85.6,<1.86.0",
     "lxml>=6.1.1",
-    "mutagen>=1.47.0",
-    "numpy>=2.4.6",
+    "mutagen>=1.48.0",
+    "numpy>=2.5.0",
     # v4.1.1 hotfix: saq[postgres] pulls bare `psycopg` (pure-Python), which needs a
     # libpq backend at import. The v4.1.0 slim image had none (no C ext, no binary
     # wheel, no system libpq) -> `ImportError: no pq wrapper available` crash-looped
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # Direct dep since Phase 36: dropping `saq[redis]` removes the transitive `redis`,
     # but `redis.asyncio` is imported directly across the codebase (cache_redis handle,
     # pipeline counters). Declared explicitly so the import is not a transitive accident.
-    "redis>=7.4.1,<8.0",
+    "redis>=8.0.0,<9.0",
     # Phase 36: postgres extra pulls psycopg[pool]>=3.2.0 for the PostgresQueue broker.
     "saq[postgres]>=0.26.4",
     "sqlalchemy>=2.0.51",