diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e25421..2e13519 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.12.0",
     "wheel>=0.45.1",
-    "strands-agents>=1.1.0",
+    "strands-agents>=1.18.0",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 57549e4..4dae85f 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 
 [[package]]
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", specifier = ">=0.24.0" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=6.0.0" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.12.0" },
-    { name = "strands-agents", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
+    { name = "strands-agents", specifier = ">=1.18.0" },
     { name = "wheel", specifier = ">=0.45.1" },
 ]
 
@@ -1381,12 +1381,13 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strands-agents"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "boto3" },
     { name = "botocore" },
     { name = "docstring-parser" },
+    { name = "jsonschema" },
     { name = "mcp" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-api" },
     { name = "opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading" },
@@ -1395,9 +1396,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
     { name = "watchdog" },
 ]
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/37/79c63bf7ac194754748fc42b5c9fb8f964dc742d92c19052e6cc74fede39/strands_agents-1.18.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c9cf9662b24344413d204a7ee60d3e3ab88791568e9f572020901eb3df9b6b5e", size = 255594, upload-time = "2025-11-21T21:30:24.662Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]