diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index e90e337..b03b7c3 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from prometheus_fastapi_instrumentator import Instrumentator
+from slowapi import _rate_limit_exceeded_handler
+from slowapi.errors import RateLimitExceeded
 from sqlalchemy import text as sql_text
 from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ from app.observability import RequestContextMiddleware, setup_logging
 from app.routers import ROUTERS
 from app.services.quote_service import auto_expire_quotes
 from app.utils.errors import AppError
+from app.utils.ratelimit import limiter
 
 setup_logging(settings.LOG_FORMAT)
 logger = logging.getLogger("procurement")
@@ -131,6 +134,10 @@ app.add_middleware(
 )
 app.add_middleware(RequestContextMiddleware)
 
+# Rate limiting — login brute-force brake (edge rate limit lives in Traefik).
+app.state.limiter = limiter
+app.add_exception_handler(RateLimitExceeded, _rate_limit_exceeded_handler)
+
 # Prometheus /metrics (requests, latency, errors) — mounted at app level,
 # outside the authenticated /api/v1 prefix; scrape target for the
 # monitoring stack.
diff --git a/backend/app/routers/auth.py b/backend/app/routers/auth.py
index b021078..2005e66 100644
--- a/backend/app/routers/auth.py
+++ b/backend/app/routers/auth.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Error mapping (documented in docs/casdoor-auth.md):
 import logging
 
 import httpx
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from app.db.engine import get_db
 from app.routers.users import _user_projects, user_to_dict
 from app.services import analytics
 from app.utils.errors import ServiceUnavailableError, UnauthorizedError
+from app.utils.ratelimit import limiter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("procurement.auth")
 
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ class LoginRequest(BaseModel):
 
 
 @router.post("/login")
-async def login(payload: LoginRequest, db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
+@limiter.limit("10/minute", error_message="تلاش‌های ورود بیش از حد مجاز — کمی بعد دوباره امتحان کنید")
+async def login(request: Request, payload: LoginRequest, db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)):
     """Exchange username/password for a Casdoor JWT (OAuth password grant)."""
     url = f"{settings.CASDOOR_ENDPOINT}/api/login/oauth/access_token"
     form = {
diff --git a/backend/app/utils/ratelimit.py b/backend/app/utils/ratelimit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eba047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/utils/ratelimit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""Shared rate limiter (slowapi) — in-memory, single-worker friendly.
+
+Login brute-force brake: the edge (Traefik) has a coarse per-IP limit for
+the whole API host; this adds a tight limit on the credential endpoint
+itself. Kept in its own module so routers can import it without a circular
+import on app.main.
+"""
+from slowapi import Limiter
+from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
+
+limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 93f8b24..d02ba87 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ bcrypt>=4.1.0
 # Observability — metrics + Sentry/GlitchTip exception capture
 prometheus-fastapi-instrumentator>=7.0.0
 sentry-sdk[fastapi]>=2.0.0
+
+# Rate limiting (login brute-force brake; edge limit lives in Traefik)
+slowapi>=0.1.9
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 69da10f..750f071 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
       retries: 10
 
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 1g
 
   # ==========================================================================
   # Traefik v3 — public reverse proxy (replaces nginx as the edge)
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ services:
     image: traefik:v3.6
     container_name: procurement-traefik
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 128m
     command:
       - --providers.docker=true
       - --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ services:
       - default
 
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 512m
 
   # MinIO Client (mc): waits for the server, creates the bucket, exits.
   # Use for ad-hoc ops too: docker compose run --rm minio-init ...
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ services:
       done
       "
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 256m
 
   # ==========================================================================
   # v2.6 — Casdoor (OIDC identity provider)
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ services:
       - default
 
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 768m
 
   api:
     build:
@@ -272,6 +277,7 @@ services:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
 
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 768m
 
   frontend:
     build:
@@ -300,6 +306,7 @@ services:
       - api
 
     restart: unless-stopped
+    mem_limit: 128m
 
 networks:
   # شبکه‌ی عمومی: فقط ترافیک و سرویس‌های عمومی. postgres روی شبکه‌ی
diff --git a/monitoring/docker-compose.monitoring.yml b/monitoring/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
index f28e7d0..17178dc 100644
--- a/monitoring/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
+++ b/monitoring/docker-compose.monitoring.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 services:
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------- errors --
   glitchtip:
-    image: glitchtip/glitchtip:latest
+    image: glitchtip/glitchtip:latest  # pinned upstream: version tags are dated, keep an eye on updates
     container_name: monitoring-glitchtip
     mem_limit: 640m
     environment:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ services:
 
   # --------------------------------------------------------------- metrics --
   prometheus:
-    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    image: prom/prometheus:v3.4.1
     container_name: monitoring-prometheus
     mem_limit: 512m
     command:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   grafana:
-    image: grafana/grafana:latest
+    image: grafana/grafana:11.6.3
     container_name: monitoring-grafana
     mem_limit: 256m
     environment:
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ services:
 
   # ------------------------------------------------------------------ logs --
   loki:
-    image: grafana/loki:latest
+    image: grafana/loki:3.5.0
     container_name: monitoring-loki
     mem_limit: 384m
     command: -config.file=/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   promtail:
-    image: grafana/promtail:latest
+    image: grafana/promtail:3.5.0
     container_name: monitoring-promtail
     mem_limit: 64m
     command: -config.file=/etc/promtail/promtail-config.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ services:
 
   # -------------------------------------------------------------- exporters --
   node-exporter:
-    image: prom/node-exporter:latest
+    image: prom/node-exporter:v1.9.1
     container_name: monitoring-node-exporter
     mem_limit: 32m
     command:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   postgres-exporter:
-    image: prometheuscommunity/postgres-postgres-exporter:latest
+    image: prometheuscommunity/postgres-exporter:v0.17.1
     container_name: monitoring-postgres-exporter
     mem_limit: 48m
     environment:
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   cadvisor:
-    image: gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor:latest
+    image: gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor:v0.49.1
     container_name: monitoring-cadvisor
     mem_limit: 128m
     privileged: true