diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9d58c97e1..78e1adfd6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.52",
-  "packages/modelaudit-picklescan": "0.1.10"
+  ".": "0.2.53",
+  "packages/modelaudit-picklescan": "0.1.11"
 }
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 9922106e7..dd8099d21 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This repo publishes **two PyPI packages with independent versions**:
 | `modelaudit`            | `./` (root)                       | `pyproject.toml` + `uv.lock`    | `CHANGELOG.md`                                |
 | `modelaudit-picklescan` | `packages/modelaudit-picklescan/` | `pyproject.toml` + `Cargo.toml` | `packages/modelaudit-picklescan/CHANGELOG.md` |
 
-Root `modelaudit` hard-requires `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0` — when the sibling crosses `0.2.0`, bump the constraint in the same PR or the next `modelaudit` release is uninstallable. Both packages are driven by a single `release-please` workflow (`.github/workflows/release-please.yml`) with components defined in `release-please-config.json` and current versions in `.release-please-manifest.json`. Full publishing details — trusted publishing, manual `workflow_dispatch` recovery (`root_version` / `picklescan_version`), and yank procedure — are in [`docs/agents/release-process.md`](docs/agents/release-process.md). For work inside the picklescan package, start from [`packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md`](packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md).
+Root `modelaudit` hard-requires `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11,<0.2.0` — when the sibling crosses `0.2.0`, bump the constraint in the same PR or the next `modelaudit` release is uninstallable. Both packages are driven by a single `release-please` workflow (`.github/workflows/release-please.yml`) with components defined in `release-please-config.json` and current versions in `.release-please-manifest.json`. Full publishing details — trusted publishing, manual `workflow_dispatch` recovery (`root_version` / `picklescan_version`), and yank procedure — are in [`docs/agents/release-process.md`](docs/agents/release-process.md). For work inside the picklescan package, start from [`packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md`](packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md).
 
 ## Mission & Principles
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33027145b..e7f427a95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.2.53](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.52...v0.2.53) (2026-10-03)
+
 ### Security
 
 - Upgrade gzip, PCRE2, SQLite, and Perl in Docker runtime images to pick up Debian security fixes.
-- Upgrade locked GitPython to 3.1.59 to address four dependency audit advisories.
-- Upgrade locked GitPython to 3.1.60 to address newly disclosed dependency audit advisories.
+- Upgrade locked AnyIO to 4.15.1 and GitPython to 3.1.62 to address dependency audit advisories.
 - Inspect hidden ZIP archives and malicious pickle payloads in legacy GGML model variants.
 - Stop reporting a ZIP polyglot for GGUF/GGML files whose tensor data merely contains an end-of-central-directory signature.
 - Upgrade Debian util-linux packages in all Docker runtime images to remediate CVE-2026-53615.
@@ -19,6 +20,50 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- avoid C&C signal for check_input_dim identifiers ([#1847](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1847)) ([f906f9a](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/f906f9a90a0dc692a4d1dd5af69bf267aa47b04c))
+- **cache:** ignore macOS file access-time events ([#1821](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1821)) ([b5341b5](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/b5341b5a35c86edba3b315af92ea2a431700156b))
+- **cache:** isolate Windows probes and stabilize nightly checks ([#1782](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1782)) ([47f94ee](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/47f94eef3feba8e74c517114094e035c7ea837e8))
+- **cache:** keep Windows probes out of concurrently scanned trees ([#1795](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1795)) ([c29586b](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/c29586b09a29f7cf8bbba6e9e4a0a74e006cc27f))
+- **cache:** preserve locked probes under directory aliases ([#1787](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1787)) ([caa2afe](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/caa2afea1c2d961aef19d1b149f0c9b8fe20c72f))
+- **cache:** preserve macOS entries during ancestor churn ([#1800](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1800)) ([2c3512b](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/2c3512b97cf01ecbce632873cf6e1e17a64b75c3))
+- **cache:** preserve Windows source fingerprint cache hits ([#1793](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1793)) ([f27ebac](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/f27ebacdd4008eedf902f6ab87d9d5420a5fa66b))
+- **cache:** update scan-result entries atomically on hits ([#1809](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1809)) ([a9720c0](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/a9720c0af126fd2bc3f3c2f76228320336103202))
+- **ci:** accept rotated pinned checkout digests ([#1799](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1799)) ([704e070](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/704e07022f814953ebbf1cadb583cda29b58e6eb))
+- **ci:** increase nightly correctness shard capacity ([#1866](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1866)) ([7bb0378](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/7bb03789e0d821709a1d994d778617a715c2251b))
+- **ci:** route hash timing test to performance lane ([#1824](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1824)) ([b4c10f2](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/b4c10f2fe39a253c9d10f60fea3b8803c850db8d))
+- compact ONNX runtime lineage fanout ([#1845](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1845)) ([4b7ebbc](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/4b7ebbc4e179d20b1a864c6eb9b7ab2ffdee6010))
+- **deps:** bump anyio from 4.13.0 to 4.14.2 ([#1855](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1855)) ([e635b8a](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/e635b8ac950964d473742fe70f1bc45995d200cc))
+- **deps:** bump gitpython from 3.1.51 to 3.1.54 ([#1786](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1786)) ([32de965](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/32de965e4345b9749e6cd8bb88f5a7e01a08933b))
+- **deps:** bump oauthlib from 3.3.1 to 4.0.0 ([#1860](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1860)) ([72d3777](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/72d3777374f23165d63b6c28bb510cc2de07cd23))
+- **deps:** harden audit coverage and vulnerable packages ([#1808](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1808)) ([995767e](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/995767ed16bda0f6019d27b02239ed308dd669b6))
+- **deps:** prevent incompatible XGBoost Renovate upgrades ([#1810](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1810)) ([ee2025e](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/ee2025e3a65273b8ae3aa4f7dbb313dffac3dd89))
+- **deps:** update dependency xgboost to &gt;=3.4,&lt;3.5 ([#1805](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1805)) ([e84cf95](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/e84cf9566c5a6da144a17ebe7a3e30812a60184b))
+- **docker:** upgrade vulnerable runtime Debian packages ([#1849](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1849)) ([fafb9fb](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/fafb9fb1cbd215d8152f9863dab4c6fd4764f5ce))
+- **docker:** upgrade vulnerable util-linux runtime packages ([#1813](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1813)) ([521e941](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/521e94164e0e1b7ce488f0b405b7ab48404776cd))
+- downgrade passive model metadata URLs ([#1837](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1837)) ([de299cf](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/de299cfebc3e3597b50f98b01bb598dea408b321))
+- **ggml:** detect embedded ZIP polyglot payloads ([#1780](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1780)) ([9631527](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/9631527b3e81e0458fe9e0242c3178af406bfa5f))
+- ignore ONNX tensor bytes for network text ([#1840](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1840)) ([12c6287](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/12c6287d655cd97ba46833c6fa31f8e983ea7a4e))
+- install tomli for Python 3.10 runtime ([#1843](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1843)) ([242e08b](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/242e08b71c454c6e573c2ba9a060138b5a40920f))
+- **joblib:** fail closed on inconclusive warning scans ([#1796](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1796)) ([a54bddc](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/a54bddcb3b35feaa2d1678246da3e6bc8fbe3890))
+- **mlflow:** restore SQL-backed registry support ([#1818](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1818)) ([3e4e3c9](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/3e4e3c9619c07eda82543c7c288858d25d695dd9))
+- **network:** block README remote-code trust bypasses ([#1788](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1788)) ([65111fe](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/65111fe16b263a31e989ba327f1c84ff84c6f964))
+- **network:** preserve detections in README environment files ([#1790](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1790)) ([5c1b267](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/5c1b2671f372655177992fda5a35039b602d67a9))
+- **network:** reject side-effectful model-card image examples ([#1825](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1825)) ([56417b8](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/56417b801fc83cde10ba6d2046441af3c9636b50))
+- **picklescan:** avoid scalar storage pickle false positives ([#1842](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1842)) ([7408ed1](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/7408ed1ac48a202ba931a2d6efc5ac79dde4d8ed))
+- **picklescan:** diagnose Windows call-graph source-stability failures ([#1789](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1789)) ([89b5024](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/89b50246fc9226770d46b26e8582a6d161dc0244))
+- **picklescan:** preserve nested storage probe coverage ([#1846](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1846)) ([28ad1c9](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/28ad1c9b5c7b98d76b4b3db466f5c55526fd3fa7))
+- **picklescan:** safely parse bounded PyTorch tensor batches ([#1783](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1783)) ([705059c](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/705059c4280056a4b72106fbd474c00e270ecf0b))
+- preserve caller-owned Hugging Face cache sidecars ([#1792](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1792)) ([eeb0be6](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/eeb0be69336e668f2b7c341fd2d90886bb43ccdd))
+- preserve ONNX shape provenance during weight analysis ([#1838](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1838)) ([54d14c3](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/54d14c3ad15ca8dd3ef41f2454163e0b834f855f))
+- preserve PyTorch storage import trust ([#1841](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1841)) ([a2f040e](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/a2f040e5af66bde03cc31ffc3ee545dd8d96fa26))
+- recognize bounded official image downloads in model cards ([#1784](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1784)) ([64d4f52](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/64d4f5238573f8d96283ebb241e6ae42258f1140))
+- remove tensor_name_count retention budget dimension for remote SafeTensors ([#1822](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1822)) ([4c24e17](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/4c24e1701c456b2bd9256e4d09429fcacd1075fa))
+- safely suppress verified Hugging Face model-card image examples ([#1791](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1791)) ([6ee2b36](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/6ee2b368f029d8a9858363938068cbde766b2e2e))
+- scan encoded pickle metadata within byte budget ([#1839](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1839)) ([169cd17](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/169cd177a6769d5f461abc75f645bea5f5a2260d))
+- **tests:** preserve fail-closed multi-array Joblib scans ([#1819](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1819)) ([217f127](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/217f1270cfa115c6409823556e5170487930fb64))
+- treat CoreML license references as informational ([#1852](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1852)) ([604bed5](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/604bed57db2352116ff9099933e560e301d1ef11))
+- trust complete legacy PyTorch storage layout ([#1850](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1850)) ([08d9fee](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/08d9fee29cf671705b892ed8bb20d9e5625f742b))
+- validate manual release versions before outputs ([#1794](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1794)) ([13431f6](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/13431f61124178250e79552a3770de024b796a54))
 - Avoid incomplete ONNX weight analysis when Gather nodes read dimensions from Shape outputs.
 - Avoid incomplete ONNX weight analysis when large runtime-activation fanout only adds dynamic bookkeeping lineage.
 - Treat documentation, license, and repository links in verified pickle and ONNX metadata as informational across supported Python versions while preserving active and unknown network destinations.
@@ -49,6 +94,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Avoid command-and-control false positives for generated TorchScript `_check_input_dim` identifiers while preserving actionable `check_in` detections.
 - Avoid incomplete legacy PyTorch storage-layout findings after validating storage bytes when separate source-backed rebuild warnings remain.
 - Treat passive built-in CoreML license-reference URLs as informational while preserving active metadata URL and command detections.
+- Require `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11` so root upgrades receive the released scanner fixes.
 
 ## [0.2.52](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.51...v0.2.52) (2026-07-22)
 
@@ -2588,7 +2634,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **style**: improve code formatting and documentation standards (#12, #23)
 - **fix**: improve core scanner functionality and comprehensive test coverage (#11)
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.52...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.53...HEAD
 [0.2.25]: https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.24...v0.2.25
 [0.2.24]: https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.23...v0.2.24
 [0.2.23]: https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/v0.2.22...v0.2.23
diff --git a/docs/agents/release-process.md b/docs/agents/release-process.md
index c9a9edd74..e33b5d5a8 100644
--- a/docs/agents/release-process.md
+++ b/docs/agents/release-process.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Both packages are driven by a single [release-please](https://github.com/googlea
 
 The root release intentionally omits `package-name` and `component`. Release-please reads `project.name` from `pyproject.toml` for Python updates, while the empty branch component lets a root-only grouped Release PR match `release-please--branches--main` and keeps the existing `v{X.Y.Z}` tags. Restoring a non-empty `package-name` or `component` makes root-only releases look like a different component and silently skips publication after merge.
 
-The root `modelaudit` wheel declares a **hard dependency** on `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0` in `pyproject.toml`. When the sibling version crosses `0.2.0`, the constraint must be bumped in the same PR.
+The root `modelaudit` wheel declares a **hard dependency** on `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11,<0.2.0` in `pyproject.toml`. When the sibling version crosses `0.2.0`, the constraint must be bumped in the same PR.
 
 ## Normal flow
 
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md
index 06172b582..06a387bc7 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/AGENTS.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Scoped agent guide for work inside `packages/modelaudit-picklescan/`. The root [
 
 ## What this package is
 
-`modelaudit-picklescan` is the Rust-backed pickle scanner that ships as an independent PyPI package. The root `modelaudit` wheel depends on it at runtime via a hard `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0` pin in the root `pyproject.toml`.
+`modelaudit-picklescan` is the Rust-backed pickle scanner that ships as an independent PyPI package. The root `modelaudit` wheel depends on it at runtime via a hard `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11,<0.2.0` pin in the root `pyproject.toml`.
 
 - **Public API** — exported from `src/modelaudit_picklescan/__init__.py`: `PickleScanner`, `ScanOptions`, `scan_file`, `scan_bytes`, `scan_stream`, `shared_source_sensitive_caches`, `PickleReport`, `Finding`, `Notice`, `ScanError`, `Severity`, `ScanStatus`, `SafetyVerdict`, `CoverageSummary`. Treat these names as a stable surface.
 - **Rust engine** — `rust/src/` compiled to `modelaudit_picklescan._rust` via maturin + PyO3. Rust 1.83+, edition 2021.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Root-level validation (`uv run ruff check modelaudit/ packages/modelaudit-pickle
 - Release tag format: `modelaudit-picklescan-v{X.Y.Z}`.
 - Bumps are driven by Conventional Commits that **touch files inside `packages/modelaudit-picklescan/`**. Commits that only touch `modelaudit/` or the repo root do not bump this package.
 
-When this package reaches `0.2.0`, the root `pyproject.toml` `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0` constraint must be widened in the same PR, or the next `modelaudit` release will be uninstallable.
+When this package reaches `0.2.0`, the root `pyproject.toml` `modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11,<0.2.0` constraint must be widened in the same PR, or the next `modelaudit` release will be uninstallable.
 
 ## Publishing
 
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/CHANGELOG.md
index ba8425434..abfbb09d5 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ and this package adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.1.11](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/compare/modelaudit-picklescan-v0.1.10...modelaudit-picklescan-v0.1.11) (2026-10-03)
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- **picklescan:** avoid scalar storage pickle false positives ([#1842](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1842)) ([7408ed1](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/7408ed1ac48a202ba931a2d6efc5ac79dde4d8ed))
+- **picklescan:** diagnose Windows call-graph source-stability failures ([#1789](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1789)) ([89b5024](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/89b50246fc9226770d46b26e8582a6d161dc0244))
+- **picklescan:** preserve nested storage probe coverage ([#1846](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1846)) ([28ad1c9](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/28ad1c9b5c7b98d76b4b3db466f5c55526fd3fa7))
+- **picklescan:** safely parse bounded PyTorch tensor batches ([#1783](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1783)) ([705059c](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/705059c4280056a4b72106fbd474c00e270ecf0b))
+- preserve PyTorch storage import trust ([#1841](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/issues/1841)) ([a2f040e](https://github.com/promptfoo/modelaudit/commit/a2f040e5af66bde03cc31ffc3ee545dd8d96fa26))
 - Ignore canonical PyTorch storage persistent-ID globals during source-sensitive call-graph enrichment.
 - Report which snapshot gate invalidated a shared call-graph source-stability failure.
 - Validate bounded batched PyTorch state-dictionary entries without falsely flagging canonical tensor reconstruction.
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.lock b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.lock
index 4d1bfcd74..43ff626a4 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.lock
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ checksum = "3eaf3ede3fee6db1a4c2ee091bf8a8b4dccdc6d17f656fb07896ee72867612f2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "modelaudit-picklescan-rust"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 dependencies = [
  "pyo3",
 ]
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.toml b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.toml
index 23637ebf1..271c14290 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "modelaudit-picklescan-rust"
-version = "0.1.10" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.1.11" # x-release-please-version
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.83"
 description = "Native pickle security scanner engine for modelaudit-picklescan"
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/pyproject.toml b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/pyproject.toml
index 6fd378ea9..88f6a251e 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "modelaudit-picklescan"
-version = "0.1.10" # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.1.11" # x-release-please-version
 description = "Standalone pickle security scanner extracted from ModelAudit"
 authors = [
     { name = "Ian Webster", email = "ian@promptfoo.dev" },
diff --git a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/uv.lock b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/uv.lock
index bef92f79f..649cb9424 100644
--- a/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/uv.lock
+++ b/packages/modelaudit-picklescan/uv.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 5
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "modelaudit-picklescan"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = { editable = "." }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d81ace34b..b1897aa5c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "modelaudit"
-version = "0.2.52"
+version = "0.2.53"
 description = "Static scanning library for detecting malicious code, potential backdoor indicators, and other security risks in ML model files"
 authors = [
     { name = "Ian Webster", email = "ian@promptfoo.dev" },
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "protobuf>=5.29.0",
     "msgpack>=1.2.1,<2.0",
     "tomli>=2.0.0; python_version < '3.11'",
-    "modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0",
+    "modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.11,<0.2.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/test_dependency_lock.py b/tests/test_dependency_lock.py
index cfb76589e..9866da2e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_dependency_lock.py
+++ b/tests/test_dependency_lock.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+from packaging.requirements import Requirement
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 try:
     import tomllib
@@ -18,7 +20,6 @@
 PICKLESCAN_PYPROJECT = ROOT_DIR / "packages" / "modelaudit-picklescan" / "pyproject.toml"
 PATCHED_GITPYTHON_FLOOR = (3, 1, 60)
 PINNED_MATURIN_BACKEND = "maturin===1.13.3"
-REQUIRED_PICKLESCAN_RELEASE = "modelaudit-picklescan>=0.1.10,<0.2.0"
 PATCHED_PY7ZR_REQUIREMENT = "py7zr>=1.1.3"
 PY7ZR_EXTRAS = ("sevenzip", "all-ci", "all")
 PATCHED_MLFLOW_CLIENT_REQUIREMENT = "mlflow-skinny>=3.13.0"
@@ -137,8 +138,21 @@ def test_picklescan_build_backend_is_exactly_pinned() -> None:
 
 def test_root_requires_hardened_picklescan_release() -> None:
     root_config = tomllib.loads(ROOT_PYPROJECT.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
-
-    assert REQUIRED_PICKLESCAN_RELEASE in root_config["project"]["dependencies"]
+    dependency = next(
+        requirement
+        for entry in root_config["project"]["dependencies"]
+        if (requirement := Requirement(entry)).name == "modelaudit-picklescan"
+    )
+
+    assert dependency.marker is None
+    # Root upgrades must receive these fixes, while later floor increases remain valid.
+    bounds = {specifier.operator: specifier.version for specifier in dependency.specifier}
+    assert len(dependency.specifier) == 2
+    assert set(bounds) == {">=", "<"}
+    assert Version(bounds[">="]) >= Version("0.1.11")
+    assert Version(bounds["<"]) == Version("0.2.0")
+    locked_version = ".".join(str(part) for part in _locked_version(_lock_package_block("modelaudit-picklescan")))
+    assert dependency.specifier.contains(locked_version)
 
 
 def test_py7zr_extras_require_patched_release() -> None:
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b1e910679..eb6980dcd 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 5
 requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.13'",
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "modelaudit"
-version = "0.2.52"
+version = "0.2.53"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "modelaudit-picklescan"
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 source = { editable = "packages/modelaudit-picklescan" }
 
 [[package]]