diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 82182b43..461adba5 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
   "labels": ["dependencies"],
   "rebaseWhen": "conflicted",
   "vulnerabilityAlerts": { "enabled": true },
-  "schedule": ["every weekday"],
+  "schedule": ["before 4am on Monday"],
   "rangeStrategy": "bump",
+  "automerge": true,
+  "automergeType": "pr",
+  "platformAutomerge": true,
   "customManagers": [
     {
       "customType": "regex",
@@ -29,6 +32,11 @@
     }
   ],
   "packageRules": [
+    {
+      "description": "Automerge digest updates (action pins, Docker SHAs)",
+      "matchUpdateTypes": ["digest", "pin"],
+      "automerge": true
+    },
     {
       "description": "Caddy transitive dependency patches in Dockerfile",
       "matchManagers": ["regex"],
@@ -55,7 +63,7 @@
       "matchManagers": ["gomod"],
       "labels": ["dependencies", "go"],
       "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-      "automerge": false
+      "automerge": true
     },
     {
       "description": "GitHub Actions updates",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-goreleaser.yml b/.github/workflows/release-goreleaser.yml
index a6f46f45..8277b8a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-goreleaser.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@4dc6199c7b1a012772edbd06daecab0f50c9053c # v6
         with:
-          go-version: '1.23.x'
+          go-version: '1.25.5'
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@395ad3262231945c25e8478fd5baf05154b1d79f # v6
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version: '20.19.6'
 
       - name: Build Frontend
         working-directory: frontend
diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 1d0ba9ea..972ef76a 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.4.0
+0.7.9
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 4b44c643..fa69e381 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/Wikid82/charon/backend
 
-go 1.25
+go 1.25.5
 
 require (
 	github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr v0.8.0
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveLogViewer.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveLogViewer.test.tsx
index e30fc0eb..eae7df6e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveLogViewer.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/LiveLogViewer.test.tsx
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe('LiveLogViewer', () => {
       // Use findBy queries (built-in waiting) instead of single waitFor with multiple assertions
       // This avoids race conditions where one failing assertion causes the entire block to retry
       await screen.findByText('10.0.0.1');
-      await screen.findByText(/BLOCKED: SQL injection detected/);
+      await screen.findByText(/🚫 BLOCKED: SQL injection detected/);
       await screen.findByText(/\[SQL injection detected\]/);
 
       // For getAllByText, keep in waitFor but separate from other assertions
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 166f9fc9..49e522aa 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-go 1.25
+go 1.25.5
 
 use ./backend
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 1e280482..9aac90f5 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyua
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f h1:KUppIJq7/+SVif2QVs3tOP0zanoHgBEVAwHxUSIzRqU=
 github.com/mwitkow/go-conntrack v0.0.0-20190716064945-2f068394615f/go.mod h1:qRWi+5nqEBWmkhHvq77mSJWrCKwh8bxhgT7d/eI7P4U=
+github.com/oschwald/maxminddb-golang/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:PLdx6PR+siSIoXqqy7C7r3SB3KZnhxWr1Dp6g0Hacl8=
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1/go.mod h1:fB45yRUv8NstnjriLhBQLuOUt+WW4BsoGhij/e3PBqk=