diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 29b0ce92..c8ab44bd 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpCoreDB.Server.Core" Version="$(SharpCoreDBVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpCoreDB.Server.Protocol" Version="$(SharpCoreDBVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpCoreDB.VectorSearch" Version="$(SharpCoreDBVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="13.6.4" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.6.4" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="13.6.5" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.6.5" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AngleSharp" Version="1.10.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AWSSDK.Core" Version="4.0.102.20" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.21.0" />
diff --git a/src/SharpCoreDB.AppHost/SharpCoreDB.AppHost.csproj b/src/SharpCoreDB.AppHost/SharpCoreDB.AppHost.csproj
index 0b3e67c6..23966463 100644
--- a/src/SharpCoreDB.AppHost/SharpCoreDB.AppHost.csproj
+++ b/src/SharpCoreDB.AppHost/SharpCoreDB.AppHost.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>false</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Sdk Name="Aspire.AppHost.Sdk" Version="13.6.4" />
+  <!-- Aspire SDK and the hosting package move together: the SDK supplies the orchestration/dashboard targets that
+       Aspire.Hosting.AppHost compiles against, so a mismatched patch pair is a supported-version mismatch. -->
+  <Sdk Name="Aspire.AppHost.Sdk" Version="13.6.5" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Aspire implicit packages must have inline versions when CPM is repo-wide -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.6.4" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="13.6.5" />
     <!-- Orchestration and Dashboard SDK are automatically provided by Aspire SDK, removed explicit references to fix NU1504 -->
     <PackageReference Include="KubernetesClient" Version="21.0.8" />
     <!-- Explicit override for vulnerable transitive MessagePack brought by KubernetesClient + Aspire/StreamJsonRpc (>=2.5.302 required) -->
diff --git a/src/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting.csproj b/src/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
index ccb0a06c..1c330f38 100644
--- a/src/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting/SharpCoreDB.Aspire.Hosting.csproj
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- Aspire hosting (matches SharpCoreDB.AppHost / Aspire.Hosting.AppHost 13.6.4). -->
-    <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="13.6.4" />
+    <!-- Aspire hosting (matches SharpCoreDB.AppHost / Aspire.Hosting.AppHost 13.6.5). -->
+    <PackageReference Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="13.6.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>