diff --git a/docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md b/docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md
index 74042980..d3fe5ae3 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/pkg-promptkit.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # PromptKit Integration
 
 Notarius pins
-[`gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` v0.10.0](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0)
+[`gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit` v0.11.0](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0)
 as its in-process prompt engine. The upstream
-[Go package consumer guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
+[Go package consumer guide](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/consumers/pkg-promptkit.md)
 owns the public engine API, and the upstream
-[format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0/docs/formats.md)
+[format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/formats.md)
 owns prompt, profile, and schema file contracts.
 
 ## Supported Boundary
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Notarius relies on the root `promptkit` package to:
   admission exhaustion through `ErrCapacityExceeded`.
 
 The pinned
-[`BackendLocal`, `LocalBackend`, and `WithBackend` API](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0/backends.go)
+[`BackendLocal`, `LocalBackend`, and `WithBackend` API](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/backends.go)
 owns the registration and backend-capacity contract.
 
 For one completion, the adapter calls `PrepareExecution`, takes a
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ endpoint-only profiles have no such backend limit. The adapter translates
 PromptKit capacity rejection into the provider-neutral Notarius
 `ErrLLMCapacityExceeded` contract. It may include the normalized selected
 backend ID in safe diagnostic context, without exposing PromptKit's capacity
-error type, and leaves retries to the calling pipeline stage.
+error type. PromptKit's built-in client retries eligible transient HTTP failures
+with its v0.11.0 default of two additional attempts per generation; Notarius
+keeps pipeline-stage retries outside that completion boundary.
 
 ## Profile Sources And Compatibility
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ configuration and deployment workflow are defined in
 [Operations](../operations.md#promptkit-profile-deployment).
 
 PromptKit owns `base_profile` resolution under its
-[pinned format rules](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0/docs/formats.md).
+[pinned format rules](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/formats.md).
 Notarius records the selected leaf identity and resolved target without parsing
 or merging inheritance. An unset filesystem `api_key_env` is optional and may
 reach the provider without authorization, which can result in a 401 or 403.
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ PromptKit's opt-in `promptkit-openrouter-standard` and
 `promptkit-openrouter-auto` names provide name continuity within its
 selected-and-tested dependency scope, not a fixed model or provider availability
 guarantee. See the upstream
-[catalog compatibility policy](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.10.0/docs/release.md#catalog-profile-compatibility).
+[catalog compatibility policy](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/docs/policy/release.md#catalog-profile-compatibility).
 
 Use a complete operator-owned profile with explicit backend or endpoint, model,
 and settings when those choices must remain operator-controlled. The embedded
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ and settings when those choices must remain operator-controlled. The embedded
 external catalog profile. An upgrade updates Notarius's compiled-in catalog
 checkpoint identity so prior profile-source checkpoints are not reused.
 
-Notarius supports this boundary against PromptKit v0.10.0. Its fallback source,
+Notarius supports this boundary against PromptKit v0.11.0. Its fallback source,
 prepared-execution, inspection, and typed capacity APIs are used as public
 upstream contracts; other PromptKit APIs or file-format behavior are not
 implicitly supported. A dependency upgrade requires reviewing the adapter,
@@ -162,3 +164,9 @@ profile/configuration contracts against the upstream documentation. Maintained
 production prompts use PromptKit's bounded structural-repair contract; their
 current declaration is one additional repair attempt. Notarius retains the
 transport-neutral boundary and does not expose PromptKit types to modules.
+
+PromptKit v0.11.0 is licensed under
+[LGPL-3.0-or-later](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/LICENSE).
+Its accompanying [GPLv3 notice](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.11.0/COPYING)
+is incorporated by that license. This dependency change does not alter
+Notarius's source license or distribution workflow.
diff --git a/docs/internal/llm.md b/docs/internal/llm.md
index 08bad59a..509d67b6 100644
--- a/docs/internal/llm.md
+++ b/docs/internal/llm.md
@@ -258,14 +258,16 @@ diagnostics; see
 ## Timeout Ownership
 
 The caller context remains the outer cancellation authority. PromptKit applies
-a positive effective generation timeout as an inner request deadline; an
-explicit zero disables only that generation deadline. The HTTP client timeout
-is a separate transport-wide cap. Notarius forwards the caller context and
-does not install another timeout wrapper around PromptKit.
+a positive effective generation timeout as an inner request deadline for each
+built-in generation attempt; an explicit zero disables only that generation
+deadline. The HTTP client timeout is a separate transport-wide cap. Notarius
+forwards the caller context and does not install another timeout wrapper around
+PromptKit.
 
-The selected PromptKit profile owns generation settings. Notarius binding
-retries remain outside the adapter and repeat the complete module operation
-and validation chain. PromptKit does not add a provider retry loop.
+The selected PromptKit profile owns generation settings. PromptKit v0.11.0
+performs up to two additional built-in attempts for eligible transient HTTP
+failures in one generation, while Notarius binding retries remain outside the
+adapter and repeat the complete module operation and validation chain.
 Operator-facing behavior is summarized in
 [Operations](../operations.md#operational-limits), and the pinned upstream
 contract is identified in
diff --git a/docs/operations.md b/docs/operations.md
index be6b381e..001135e1 100644
--- a/docs/operations.md
+++ b/docs/operations.md
@@ -352,7 +352,9 @@ Provider execution settings and the generation timeout come from the selected
 PromptKit profile. The invocation-only **--reasoning-effort** and
 **--clear-reasoning-effort** controls may replace or clear that profile setting
 for all LLM-backed calls in one run without changing the profile. PromptKit
-structural output repair happens within one structured-completion call. Its
+v0.11.0 also retries eligible transient HTTP failures with its built-in default
+of two additional attempts per generation. This retry work is separate from
+structural output repair, which happens within one structured-completion call. Its
 effective `structured_output_repair_attempts` limit is resolved from the
 selected binding, then the pipeline, then the prompt declaration; see
 [module bindings](config.md#module-bindings-and-validators). This is distinct
@@ -360,19 +362,20 @@ from Notarius binding **retries**, which rerun the complete module operation
 and validation chain and do not consume or replenish the structural-repair
 limit. The maintained production prompts declare one repair attempt, paid only
 after a structural failure. One structured completion with repair budget **R**
-makes at most **R + 1** serial provider calls. If one stage attempt performs
-**C** structured completions, a binding with **retries: N** has a maximum of
-**(N + 1) * C * (R + 1)** provider calls; LLM-backed validators have their own
-corresponding invocation counts and budgets. This is an upper bound, not a
-promise that every call reaches a provider.
+contains at most **R + 1** serial generations. Each generation can now contain
+more than one provider call when PromptKit retries an eligible transient
+failure. LLM-backed validators have their own corresponding invocation and
+repair budgets. These are bounds on attempted work, not a promise that every
+call reaches a provider.
 
 Timeouts are layered. Caller cancellation is the outer authority. A positive
-effective generation timeout adds an inner request deadline, while zero
-disables only that generation deadline. The HTTP client timeout remains a
-transport-wide cap. Notarius does not add another timeout around PromptKit.
-Repairs are serial within the same caller context, so their worst-case latency
-and cost follow the provider-call bound above; provision run deadlines and
-provider budgets accordingly. Credentials remain optional unless the selected
+effective generation timeout adds an inner request deadline to each built-in
+generation attempt, while zero disables only that generation deadline. The HTTP
+client timeout remains a transport-wide cap. Notarius does not add another
+timeout around PromptKit. Retries and repairs are serial within the same caller
+context, so their worst-case latency and cost can exceed the structural-repair
+bound above; provision run deadlines and provider budgets accordingly.
+Credentials remain optional unless the selected
 PromptKit profile requires one, in which case preparation fails before a
 provider call when its configured credential is unavailable.
 The pinned upstream boundary and profile-format links are in
diff --git a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
index f130551d..517b979c 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap/implementation.md
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ historical docs and explicit legacy-rejection tests are not defects.
 
 ## Stage 2 — Upgrade The PromptKit Runtime Baseline
 
+**Status:** Completed 2026-09-25.
+
 **Goal:** Adopt the compatible upstream dependency and document its changed
 default before adding Notarius controls. One small prompt.
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d890ec96..6599e3e2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.5
 
 require (
 	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0
-	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.10.0
+	gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2472a3e5..d119cb88 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0 h1:fo+vKff3zTGeWqJIA38NtT84b6OUP//9ZmBH3lFuKgk=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/ConfigKit v0.4.0/go.mod h1:tYWpsrbLyu05r8+1MapWp5fN6ZrX9I8hU2xEPedYmYk=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.10.0 h1:Nyi+YbqvO7tkRjen+Opc79wuzuKIIwcSfkriixPPwrE=
-gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0zEBVlJJC+ldDdXazAgybYBXNSe74vwFx5dyOuSos/w=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0 h1:x7JguOUiInPVXK0GEitjyoRFqqvcuSTjYUvqJ+whtik=
+gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit v0.11.0/go.mod h1:0zEBVlJJC+ldDdXazAgybYBXNSe74vwFx5dyOuSos/w=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260922.1 h1:S2/Q/JDE+m8Ca3pDhAjVbfYrdlEhs9blj0STgNopHo0=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-openrouter/v2 v2.20260922.1/go.mod h1:a3VBbh9oaGXD6ruxhtwHj+AWW6DY/SSyby1QtMmYSUo=
 gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit-backend-rakestrawhome/v2 v2.20260922.0 h1:Y0EXc3eh12eKW2NrOviVqdk3oBo6UUjopt1YAa1B3Oc=
diff --git a/internal/framework/llm/promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go b/internal/framework/llm/promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go
index 621ea072..5ef6e092 100644
--- a/internal/framework/llm/promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go
+++ b/internal/framework/llm/promptkit_profile_fingerprint.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const (
 	promptKitLocalBackendMarker          = "notarius:promptkit-local-backend:v1"
 	// The built-in profile catalog is compiled into this pinned PromptKit
 	// release. Update this identity when the dependency is upgraded.
-	promptKitBuiltinProfileCatalogID = "promptkit:v0.10.0:builtin-profiles"
+	promptKitBuiltinProfileCatalogID = "promptkit:v0.11.0:builtin-profiles"
 )
 
 func promptKitProfileFingerprint(profileDir, profileFile, fallbackProfileDigest string) (CheckpointFingerprint, error) {