diff --git a/backend/constraints.txt b/backend/constraints.txt
index 8b3f226..aab9aa7 100644
--- a/backend/constraints.txt
+++ b/backend/constraints.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 a2a-sdk==0.3.23
 ag-ui-protocol==0.1.19
-agent-framework==1.2.1
+agent-framework==1.10.0
 agent-framework-a2a==1.0.0b260428
-agent-framework-ag-ui==1.0.0b260428
+agent-framework-ag-ui==1.0.0rc7
 agent-framework-anthropic==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-azure-ai-search==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-azure-cosmos==1.0.0b260428
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ agent-framework-bedrock==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-chatkit==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-claude==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-copilotstudio==1.0.0b260428
-agent-framework-core==1.2.1
+agent-framework-core==1.10.0
 agent-framework-declarative==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-devui==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-durabletask==1.0.0b260428
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ agent-framework-github-copilot==1.0.0b260402
 agent-framework-lab==1.0.0b251024
 agent-framework-mem0==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-ollama==1.0.0b260428
-agent-framework-openai==1.2.1
+agent-framework-openai==1.10.0
 agent-framework-orchestrations==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-purview==1.0.0b260428
 agent-framework-redis==1.0.0b260428
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6cac094..077f79b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ httpx
 pywebpush
 py-vapid
 python-dateutil
-agent-framework==1.2.1
-agent-framework-ag-ui==1.0.0b260428
-agent-framework-openai==1.2.1
+agent-framework==1.10.0
+agent-framework-ag-ui==1.0.0rc7
+agent-framework-openai==1.10.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index e85a96b..30387fb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ services:
       VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY: ${VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY}
       OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY}
       AGENT_MODEL: ${AGENT_MODEL:-gpt-5.4-mini}
+      # MAF 1.6+ enables OTel instrumentation by default; keep it off explicitly.
+      ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION: "false"
     expose:
       - "8000"
     networks:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0a6a3c6..bf7afeb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ services:
       VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY: ${VAPID_PUBLIC_KEY:-}
       OPENAI_API_KEY: ${OPENAI_API_KEY:-}
       AGENT_MODEL: ${AGENT_MODEL:-gpt-5.4-mini}
+      # MAF 1.6+ enables OTel instrumentation by default; keep it off explicitly.
+      ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION: "false"
     ports:
       - "8001:8000"
     volumes: