diff --git a/claude-code/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/claude-code/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 322a2f8..5c0f89c 100644
--- a/claude-code/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/claude-code/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ RUN gh extension install github/gh-stack --pin "v${GH_STACK_VERSION}"
 # Installed as node so files land node-owned; a later chown -R would duplicate
 # every file on overlayfs, adding hundreds of MB.
 # renovate: datasource=npm depName=@anthropic-ai/claude-code
-ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.280
+ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.281
 RUN npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION}
 
 # ─── DEFAULT — full dev environment ───────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/ralphex-fe/Dockerfile b/ralphex-fe/Dockerfile
index 336fc8c..cb8a6fe 100644
--- a/ralphex-fe/Dockerfile
+++ b/ralphex-fe/Dockerfile
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ WORKDIR /workspace
 # See: claude-code/.devcontainer/Dockerfile for rationale.
 # Version pinned and kept up to date by Renovate (see .github/renovate.json5).
 # renovate: datasource=npm depName=@anthropic-ai/claude-code
-ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.280
+ARG CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION=2.1.281
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm \
     npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code@${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION}