diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39c91227..fe9eb187 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `fastmcp` is now a direct dependency instead of being pulled via the `pydantic-ai-slim[fastmcp]` extra, which `pydantic-ai-slim` 2.0 dropped. Clean installs resolving that release got only `fastmcp-slim` (client), so `haiku-rag mcp` failed with `ImportError: FastMCP server support is not installed`.
+
 ## [0.61.1] - 2026-06-24
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/haiku_rag_slim/pyproject.toml b/haiku_rag_slim/pyproject.toml
index 9c727395..e345081f 100644
--- a/haiku_rag_slim/pyproject.toml
+++ b/haiku_rag_slim/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "httpx>=0.28.1",
     "jinja2>=3.1.0",
     "jsonpatch>=1.33",
+    "fastmcp>=3.3.0",
     "lancedb==0.30.2",
     "pathspec>=1.0.4",
     "pydantic>=2.12.5",
-    "pydantic-ai-slim[openai,fastmcp,logfire,ag-ui]>=1.100.0",
+    "pydantic-ai-slim[openai,logfire,ag-ui]>=1.100.0",
     "pydantic-monty>=0.0.17",
     "pypdfium2>=5.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.2.2",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e06cf2f8..659a80e0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1662,6 +1662,7 @@ version = "0.61.1"
 source = { editable = "haiku_rag_slim" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "docling-core" },
+    { name = "fastmcp" },
     { name = "haiku-skills" },
     { name = "httpx" },
     { name = "jinja2" },
@@ -1669,7 +1670,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "lancedb" },
     { name = "pathspec" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
-    { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extra = ["ag-ui", "fastmcp", "logfire", "openai"] },
+    { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extra = ["ag-ui", "logfire", "openai"] },
     { name = "pydantic-monty" },
     { name = "pypdfium2" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
@@ -1749,6 +1750,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "docling", marker = "extra == 'docling'", specifier = ">=2.102.2,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "docling-core", specifier = ">=2.82.0,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", marker = "extra == 'ingester'", specifier = ">=0.125" },
+    { name = "fastmcp", specifier = ">=3.3.0" },
     { name = "haiku-rag-slim", extras = ["s3"], marker = "extra == 'ingester'", editable = "haiku_rag_slim" },
     { name = "haiku-skills", specifier = ">=0.17.2" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.28.1" },
@@ -1765,7 +1767,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["google"], marker = "extra == 'google'" },
     { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["groq"], marker = "extra == 'groq'" },
     { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["mistral"], marker = "extra == 'mistral'" },
-    { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["openai", "fastmcp", "logfire", "ag-ui"], specifier = ">=1.100.0" },
+    { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["openai", "logfire", "ag-ui"], specifier = ">=1.100.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["vertexai"], marker = "extra == 'vertexai'" },
     { name = "pydantic-ai-slim", extras = ["voyageai"], marker = "extra == 'voyageai'" },
     { name = "pydantic-monty", specifier = ">=0.0.17" },
@@ -3846,9 +3848,6 @@ bedrock = [
 evals = [
     { name = "pydantic-evals" },
 ]
-fastmcp = [
-    { name = "fastmcp" },
-]
 google = [
     { name = "google-genai" },
 ]