diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index ab4a731..06a18dd 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="xunit.runner.visualstudio" Version="3.1.5" />
     <!-- Fluent assertion library (ADR-013 — AwesomeAssertions: maintained OSS fork of
          FluentAssertions v7 API, MIT license; test projects only, never referenced by src/). -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="AwesomeAssertions" Version="9.4.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="AwesomeAssertions" Version="9.6.0" />
     <!-- Property-based testing generators (ADR-013 — chosen over FsCheck: native C#, no F# runtime). -->
     <PackageVersion Include="CsCheck" Version="4.7.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/tests/Acta.Postgres.Tests/packages.lock.json b/tests/Acta.Postgres.Tests/packages.lock.json
index 1d83c8c..5bae36a 100644
--- a/tests/Acta.Postgres.Tests/packages.lock.json
+++ b/tests/Acta.Postgres.Tests/packages.lock.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     "net10.0": {
       "AwesomeAssertions": {
         "type": "Direct",
-        "requested": "[9.4.0, )",
-        "resolved": "9.4.0",
-        "contentHash": "dJxkWiQ8D+xT6Gr2sSL83+Mar+Vpy2JTcUPxFcckpPJ8VYBfSgnk+zqpS6t7kcGnjz8NLyF14qfuoL4bKzzoew=="
+        "requested": "[9.6.0, )",
+        "resolved": "9.6.0",
+        "contentHash": "8kdtgI+tZIgP46ncnk650/dU4JSrn+n2Dkic8FvjIFn72P6Nv1Afyr5F8F3PsokHg1GBSBVo1/Z+eZOrU5esSA=="
       },
       "Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk": {
         "type": "Direct",
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
         "dependencies": {
           "Acta": "[1.0.0, )",
           "Acta.Testing": "[1.0.0, )",
-          "AwesomeAssertions": "[9.4.0, )",
+          "AwesomeAssertions": "[9.6.0, )",
           "CsCheck": "[4.7.0, )",
           "Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection": "[10.0.9, )",
           "Microsoft.Extensions.TimeProvider.Testing": "[10.7.0, )",
diff --git a/tests/Acta.Testing.Tests/packages.lock.json b/tests/Acta.Testing.Tests/packages.lock.json
index 91fa68e..4274754 100644
--- a/tests/Acta.Testing.Tests/packages.lock.json
+++ b/tests/Acta.Testing.Tests/packages.lock.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     "net10.0": {
       "AwesomeAssertions": {
         "type": "Direct",
-        "requested": "[9.4.0, )",
-        "resolved": "9.4.0",
-        "contentHash": "dJxkWiQ8D+xT6Gr2sSL83+Mar+Vpy2JTcUPxFcckpPJ8VYBfSgnk+zqpS6t7kcGnjz8NLyF14qfuoL4bKzzoew=="
+        "requested": "[9.6.0, )",
+        "resolved": "9.6.0",
+        "contentHash": "8kdtgI+tZIgP46ncnk650/dU4JSrn+n2Dkic8FvjIFn72P6Nv1Afyr5F8F3PsokHg1GBSBVo1/Z+eZOrU5esSA=="
       },
       "Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk": {
         "type": "Direct",
diff --git a/tests/Acta.Tests/packages.lock.json b/tests/Acta.Tests/packages.lock.json
index a3520f7..ba84028 100644
--- a/tests/Acta.Tests/packages.lock.json
+++ b/tests/Acta.Tests/packages.lock.json
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     "net10.0": {
       "AwesomeAssertions": {
         "type": "Direct",
-        "requested": "[9.4.0, )",
-        "resolved": "9.4.0",
-        "contentHash": "dJxkWiQ8D+xT6Gr2sSL83+Mar+Vpy2JTcUPxFcckpPJ8VYBfSgnk+zqpS6t7kcGnjz8NLyF14qfuoL4bKzzoew=="
+        "requested": "[9.6.0, )",
+        "resolved": "9.6.0",
+        "contentHash": "8kdtgI+tZIgP46ncnk650/dU4JSrn+n2Dkic8FvjIFn72P6Nv1Afyr5F8F3PsokHg1GBSBVo1/Z+eZOrU5esSA=="
       },
       "CsCheck": {
         "type": "Direct",