diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index da1d16b1..58b5af3b 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="10.0.10" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" Version="10.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" Version="1.79.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector" Version="1.74.0-preview" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="CommunityToolkit.VectorData.PgVector" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="10.0.301" />
     <!-- Pin to patched versions; NuGet.Protocol 6.12.5+ fixes GHSA-g4vj-cjjj-v7hg (pulled in by Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design) -->
     <PackageVersion Include="NuGet.Packaging" Version="7.6.0" />
diff --git a/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Shared/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Common.csproj b/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Shared/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Common.csproj
index 49e62c75..e367599d 100644
--- a/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Shared/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Common.csproj
+++ b/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Shared/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Common.csproj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector" />
+    <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.VectorData.PgVector" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience" />
     <PackageReference Include="ModelContextProtocol" />
     <PackageReference Include="ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore" />
diff --git a/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Tests/PgVectorConnectorTests.cs b/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Tests/PgVectorConnectorTests.cs
index ed5c9fe9..c0523ef8 100644
--- a/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Tests/PgVectorConnectorTests.cs
+++ b/EssentialCSharp.Chat.Tests/PgVectorConnectorTests.cs
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 using EssentialCSharp.Chat.Common.Models;
-using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector;
+using CommunityToolkit.VectorData.PgVector;
 
 namespace EssentialCSharp.Chat.Tests;
 
 public class PgVectorConnectorTests
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Verifies that PostgresVectorStore.GetCollection does not throw a TypeLoadException,
-    /// which would indicate a version mismatch between Microsoft.SemanticKernel core and
-    /// Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector (e.g., missing vtable slots on
-    /// internal types like PostgresModelBuilder).
+    /// Verifies the runtime vector-data API shape is compatible with the currently resolved
+    /// CommunityToolkit connector assemblies. If this fails with MissingMethodException
+    /// (for example on VectorSearchOptions<T>.get_OldFilter()), package versions are out of sync.
     /// </summary>
     [Test]
-    public async Task GetCollection_WithBookContentChunk_DoesNotThrowTypeLoadException()
+    public async Task GetCollection_WithBookContentChunk_RuntimeVectorDataApiShapeIsCompatible()
     {
         // Arrange — no real DB connection is needed; connections are only opened for actual queries
 #pragma warning disable SKEXP0010 // PostgresVectorStore is experimental
@@ -24,5 +23,20 @@ public async Task GetCollection_WithBookContentChunk_DoesNotThrowTypeLoadExcepti
 
         // Assert
         await Assert.That(collection).IsNotNull();
+
+        // Drive the same vector-search path used in production so binary-incompatible package
+        // combinations fail in tests before deployment.
+        await using var enumerator = collection
+            .SearchAsync(
+                new ReadOnlyMemory<float>(new float[1536]),
+                1,
+                options: new Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.VectorSearchOptions<BookContentChunk>
+                {
+                    VectorProperty = x => x.TextEmbedding
+                },
+                cancellationToken: CancellationToken.None)
+            .GetAsyncEnumerator();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<Exception>(async () => await enumerator.MoveNextAsync().AsTask());
     }
 }
diff --git a/EssentialCSharp.Chat/EssentialCSharp.Chat.csproj b/EssentialCSharp.Chat/EssentialCSharp.Chat.csproj
index 01ea6026..33fc4920 100644
--- a/EssentialCSharp.Chat/EssentialCSharp.Chat.csproj
+++ b/EssentialCSharp.Chat/EssentialCSharp.Chat.csproj
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Extensions.AspNetCore.Configuration.Secrets" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.PgVector" />
+    <PackageReference Include="CommunityToolkit.VectorData.PgVector" />
     <PackageReference Include="ModelContextProtocol" />
     <PackageReference Include="IntelliTect.Multitool" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" />