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index bcf284ed8..059f3277d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@
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+        }
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index 500e4925f..cf53fbe40 100644
--- a/composer.lock
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-                "db2",
-                "dbal",
-                "mariadb",
-                "mssql",
-                "mysql",
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-                "pdo",
-                "pgsql",
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-                "reference": "8cabd3769f8ae41c92a162606772d409cf23783b"
+                "url": "https://github.com/DariusIII/laravel-forum.git",
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@@ -6739,11 +6632,10 @@
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-                    "TeamTeaTime\\Forum\\Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders",
-                    "TeamTeaTime\\Forum\\Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories"
+                    "TeamTeaTime\\Forum\\Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories",
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@@ -6762,13 +6654,12 @@
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+                "source": "https://github.com/DariusIII/laravel-forum/tree/8.x"
             },
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@@ -13497,16 +13388,16 @@
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@@ -13566,9 +13457,9 @@
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-                "source": "https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema/tree/v6.7.2"
+                "source": "https://github.com/jsonrainbow/json-schema/tree/6.8.0"
             },
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diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_03_19_150944_add_depth_to_categories.php b/database/migrations/2026_03_19_150944_add_depth_to_categories.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1eec37cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_03_19_150944_add_depth_to_categories.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+use Aimeos\Nestedset\NestedSet;
+
+use TeamTeaTime\Forum\Models\Category;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('forum_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            NestedSet::columnsDepth($table);
+        });
+
+        Category::fixTree();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('forum_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            NestedSet::dropColumnsDepth($table);
+        });
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_04_02_170000_fix_add_depth_to_forum_categories.php b/database/migrations/2026_04_02_170000_fix_add_depth_to_forum_categories.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..547b9c75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_04_02_170000_fix_add_depth_to_forum_categories.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+use Aimeos\Nestedset\NestedSet;
+
+use TeamTeaTime\Forum\Models\Category;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        if (Schema::hasColumn('forum_categories', 'depth')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Schema::table('forum_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            NestedSet::columnsDepth($table);
+        });
+
+        Category::fixTree();
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('forum_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            NestedSet::dropColumnsDepth($table);
+        });
+    }
+};