diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 96069ae..3b06a83 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4537,14 +4537,14 @@ dataframe = ["pandas (>=1.5.3,<2.0.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "views-frames"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.10.2"
 description = "The VIEWS platform data-contract layer: immutable array+identifier frames (numpy only, root of the dependency DAG)."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.10"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "views_frames-1.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bcd09ebf71275f6ad81111dd028fc7e969fc1d514a4364b72f12a3b155d1bf5e"},
-    {file = "views_frames-1.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:081f8f236d9587fe23ed4ae542399f64c0cfe3745b74f37c835a12f905931871"},
+    {file = "views_frames-1.10.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ace7f6a09bdb743edbb39e7e95139a0c647ef7c6100ef4c612a3ce5975078ef0"},
+    {file = "views_frames-1.10.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:96b4916afe9b64389045043ec1cf05fa2ea9b872ac0d12cb57f0d629ffd88106"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -4552,6 +4552,7 @@ numpy = ">=1.26,<3"
 
 [package.extras]
 arrow = ["pyarrow (>=14,<20)"]
+docs = ["jupyterlab (>=4,<5)", "matplotlib (>=3.8,<4)", "nbmake (>=1.5,<2)", "pyarrow (>=14,<20)", "scipy (>=1.11,<2)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "views-pipeline-core"
@@ -4800,4 +4801,4 @@ viz = ["matplotlib", "nc-time-axis", "seaborn"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.11,<3.15"
-content-hash = "5f2d192a6a36dd429b473195ca6dc30424b57aed8890fbce99741895015578ef"
+content-hash = "81e3ce9892400ac7a3aa4469015b2695f2d3f9c3cee244e5c56c8fe8fee4077a"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 87de5af..a704039 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.11,<3.15"
 views-pipeline-core = ">=2.1.3,<3.0.0"
-views-frames = ">=1.0,<2"
+views-frames = ">=1.10.2,<2"
 pyarrow = ">=16.1.0,<17.0.0"
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/wire_contract/README.md b/tests/fixtures/wire_contract/README.md
index 64b6299..83bb000 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/wire_contract/README.md
+++ b/tests/fixtures/wire_contract/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ injected fixed literals (`run_id="fixture_run_0"`, `generated_at="2026-07-15T00:
 ## Regeneration
 
 `PYTHONPATH=. python3 scripts/build_wire_fixture.py` — byte-reproducible **with the pinned
-tool versions** (numpy per lockfile, `pyarrow 16.1.0`, `views_frames 1.0.0`; parquet bytes
-vary across pyarrow versions). The committed bytes + `SHA256SUMS` are canonical regardless.
-**A change to this fixture is a change to the contract (§10)** — do not regenerate casually.
+tool versions** (numpy per lockfile, `pyarrow 16.1.0`). The committed bytes + `SHA256SUMS`
+are canonical regardless. **A change to this fixture is a change to the contract (§10)** —
+do not regenerate casually.
+
+**`pyarrow` is the version-sensitive one; `views_frames` is not.** Parquet bytes vary
+across pyarrow versions — that is why the pin is `>=16.1.0,<17.0.0` and why a local
+pyarrow 23.x fails byte-parity while CI passes (register **C-72**). `views_frames` sits
+above it: the fixture was generated under `1.0.0`, CI has reproduced it continuously under
+`1.6.0`, and `1.10.2` was verified to regenerate **all five artifacts byte-identically**
+before the pin was raised (2026-08-02). Raising it again does not require regenerating the
+fixture — but it does require proving that, the same way.