diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c79c516..74abd7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nom",
  "pathdiff",
  "serde",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.8.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8d162beedaa69905488a8da94f5ac3edb4dd4788b732fadb7bd120b2625c1976"
 dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.111",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1972,7 +1972,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3215,7 +3215,7 @@ checksum = "3640c1c38b8e4e43584d8df18be5fc6b0aa314ce6ebf51b53313d4306cca8e46"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi 0.5.2",
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4253,7 +4253,7 @@ version = "0.50.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7957b9740744892f114936ab4a57b3f487491bbeafaf8083688b16841a4240e5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5974,7 +5974,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6341,6 +6341,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_spanned"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8bbf91e5a4d6315eee45e704372590b30e260ee83af6639d64557f51b067776"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_test"
 version = "1.0.177"
@@ -7067,7 +7076,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.1.3",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7076,7 +7085,7 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d8c27177b12a6399ffc08b98f76f7c9a1f4fe9fc967c784c5a071fa8d93cf7e1"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7381,11 +7390,26 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc1beb996b9d83529a9e75c17a1686767d148d70663143c7854d8b4a09ced362"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
  "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
  "toml_edit 0.22.27",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml"
+version = "0.9.11+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3afc9a848309fe1aaffaed6e1546a7a14de1f935dc9d89d32afd9a44bab7c46"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap 2.12.1",
+ "serde_core",
+ "serde_spanned 1.0.4",
+ "toml_datetime 0.7.5+spec-1.1.0",
+ "toml_parser",
+ "toml_writer",
+ "winnow 0.7.14",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_datetime"
 version = "0.6.11"
@@ -7423,7 +7447,7 @@ checksum = "41fe8c660ae4257887cf66394862d21dbca4a6ddd26f04a3560410406a2f819a"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.12.1",
  "serde",
- "serde_spanned",
+ "serde_spanned 0.6.9",
  "toml_datetime 0.6.11",
  "toml_write",
  "winnow 0.7.14",
@@ -7456,6 +7480,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d99f8c9a7727884afe522e9bd5edbfc91a3312b36a77b5fb8926e4c31a41801"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "toml_writer"
+version = "1.0.6+spec-1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab16f14aed21ee8bfd8ec22513f7287cd4a91aa92e44edfe2c17ddd004e92607"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tonic"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -8637,7 +8667,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9094,7 +9124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "time",
- "toml",
+ "toml 0.9.11+spec-1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e73a5d..5dd4822 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "^0.3.20", features = ["env-filter", "fmt", "js
 tracing-test = { version = "^0.2.5" } # 2025-11-03 sw: ensures span assertions match runtime wiring
 clap = { version = "^4.5.49", features = ["derive"] } # 2025-11-03 sw: CLI + xtask parsing, Tier1 review
 cargo_metadata = { version = "^0.18.1" } # 2025-11-03 sw: workspace graph inspection for xtask
-toml = { version = "^0.8.19" } # 2025-11-03 sw: manifest parsing in xtask
+toml = { version = "^0.9.11" } # 2025-11-03 sw: manifest parsing in xtask
 time = { version = "^0.3.36", features = ["macros", "formatting"] } # 2025-11-03 sw: ISO-8601 timestamps for drift reports
 semver = { version = "^1.0.27" } # 2025-11-03 sw: version range evaluation for drift detection