diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 604dca795a..630e511589 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@
 		<spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server.version>2.0.0-M2
 		</spring-security-oauth2-authorization-server.version>
 		<scalar.version>0.5.55</scalar.version>
-		<spring-ai.version>2.0.0</spring-ai.version>
-		<mcp-sdk.version>2.0.0</mcp-sdk.version>
+		<spring-ai.version>2.0.1</spring-ai.version>
 		<skipPublishing>false</skipPublishing>
 		<skip.npm>true</skip.npm>
 		<frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.15.1</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -135,12 +134,6 @@
 				<artifactId>scalar-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${scalar.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<!-- MCP SDK -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk</groupId>
-				<artifactId>mcp-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${mcp-sdk.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 			<!-- Spring AI -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.ai</groupId>
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp/README.md b/springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp/README.md
index 5e11326756..2a500f6df2 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp/README.md
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp/README.md
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ The WebFlux module provides reactive-specific integration:
 - **`McpReactiveApiVersionStrategy`**: Wraps the existing reactive `ApiVersionStrategy` to gracefully handle MCP paths. Supports both synchronous (`resolveParseAndValidateVersion`) and reactive (`resolveParseAndValidateApiVersion`) resolution.
 - **Dashboard Redirects**: Registered as a `RouterFunction<ServerResponse>` bean that redirects `/mcp-ui` and `/mcp-ui/` to `/mcp-ui/index.html` with HTTP 302.
 
-**Dependencies**: `springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp`, `springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-api`.
+**Dependencies**: `springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp`, `springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-api`, `io.micrometer:context-propagation` (registers the MDC `ThreadLocalAccessor` with the Micrometer `ContextRegistry`).
 
 ### springdoc-openapi-starter-common-mcp
 
@@ -401,4 +401,4 @@ The core module contains all shared logic:
 | `org.springdoc.ai.dashboard` | Dashboard REST controller, tool sources (`ToolCallbackDashboardToolSource`, `McpSyncServerDashboardToolSource`), and DTOs. |
 | `org.springdoc.ai.environment` | `SpringDocAiEnvironmentPostProcessor` — forces `springdoc.pre-loading-enabled=true`. |
 
-**Dependencies**: `springdoc-openapi-starter-common`, `spring-ai-model`, optional `mcp-core`, optional `spring-ai-mcp`.
+**Dependencies**: `springdoc-openapi-starter-common`, `spring-ai-mcp` (compile scope — it transitively provides `spring-ai-model` and the MCP SDK `io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp`, whose version is dictated by Spring AI), `spring-web`, `aspectjweaver`.