diff --git a/docs/MCP.md b/docs/MCP.md
index dbe3431..deddac8 100644
--- a/docs/MCP.md
+++ b/docs/MCP.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RightMemory MCP
 
-RightMemory exposes a local MCP stdio server for ordinary agent work:
+RightMemory exposes a local MCP stdio server for ordinary agent work using the official MCP Python SDK v2:
 
 ```bash
 rightmemory mcp
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbc1aea..05976b5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "fastapi>=0.115.0",
-  "mcp>=1.28,<2",
-  "pydantic-ai>=1.0.0",
+  "mcp>=2,<3",
+  "pydantic-ai-slim[anthropic,openai]>=1.0.0",
   "uvicorn>=0.30.0",
 ]
 
diff --git a/rightmemory/mcp.py b/rightmemory/mcp.py
index 952c403..23be36e 100644
--- a/rightmemory/mcp.py
+++ b/rightmemory/mcp.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated, Protocol
 
-from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
+from mcp.server import MCPServer
 from mcp.types import CallToolResult, TextContent
 from pydantic import Field
 
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ def create_mcp_server(
     memory_root: Path,
     *,
     backend: McpBackend | None = None,
-) -> FastMCP:
+) -> MCPServer:
     selected_backend = backend or DefaultMcpBackend(
         Path(memory_root).expanduser().resolve()
     )
-    server = FastMCP(name="RightMemory", log_level="WARNING")
+    server = MCPServer("RightMemory", log_level="WARNING")
 
     @server.tool(
         name="rightmemory_retrieve",
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp.py b/tests/test_mcp.py
index 0144f3d..0026ba7 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+from mcp import Client
 from mcp.types import CallToolResult
 
 from rightmemory import entrypoint
@@ -48,20 +49,30 @@ def actionable_warning(self) -> str | None:
         return self.warning
 
 
+async def _call_tool(server, name: str, arguments: dict[str, str]) -> CallToolResult:
+    async with Client(server, raise_exceptions=True) as client:
+        return await client.call_tool(name, arguments)
+
+
 def call_tool(server, name: str, arguments: dict[str, str]) -> CallToolResult:
-    result = asyncio.run(server.call_tool(name, arguments))
+    result = asyncio.run(_call_tool(server, name, arguments))
     if not isinstance(result, CallToolResult):
         raise AssertionError(f"expected CallToolResult, got {type(result).__name__}")
     return result
 
 
+async def _list_tools(server):
+    async with Client(server, raise_exceptions=True) as client:
+        return (await client.list_tools()).tools
+
+
 class McpToolTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.backend = FakeBackend()
         self.server = create_mcp_server(Path("/unused"), backend=self.backend)
 
     def test_server_exposes_only_the_three_ordinary_agent_tools(self):
-        tools = asyncio.run(self.server.list_tools())
+        tools = asyncio.run(_list_tools(self.server))
         self.assertEqual(
             {tool.name for tool in tools},
             {