diff --git a/content-gen/src/backend/app.py b/content-gen/src/backend/app.py
index 853667f66..1e2a41b80 100644
--- a/content-gen/src/backend/app.py
+++ b/content-gen/src/backend/app.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     level=logging.INFO,
     format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
 )
+logging.getLogger("azure.core.pipeline.policies.http_logging_policy").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Create Quart app
diff --git a/content-gen/src/backend/requirements.txt b/content-gen/src/backend/requirements.txt
index a7184eb36..857c9c8da 100644
--- a/content-gen/src/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/content-gen/src/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ quart-cors>=0.7.0
 hypercorn>=0.17.0
 
 # Microsoft Agent Framework
-agent-framework==1.0.0b260114  # Pinning this stable version
+agent-framework-azure-ai==1.0.0b260114
+agent-framework-core==1.0.0b260114
 
 # Azure SDKs
 azure-identity>=1.17.0
 azure-cosmos>=4.7.0
 azure-storage-blob>=12.22.0
 azure-ai-contentsafety>=1.0.0
-azure-ai-projects>=1.0.0b5  # Azure AI Foundry SDK (optional, for USE_FOUNDRY=true)
+azure-ai-projects==2.0.0b3 # Azure AI Foundry SDK (optional, for USE_FOUNDRY=true)
 
 # OpenAI
 openai>=1.45.0
diff --git a/content-gen/src/backend/settings.py b/content-gen/src/backend/settings.py
index 873aedbe0..4544eed47 100644
--- a/content-gen/src/backend/settings.py
+++ b/content-gen/src/backend/settings.py
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class _AIFoundrySettings(BaseSettings):
         env_file=DOTENV_PATH,
         extra="ignore",
         env_ignore_empty=True,
+        protected_namespaces=(),
     )
 
     use_foundry: bool = Field(default=False, alias="USE_FOUNDRY")