diff --git a/hosts/lab/fail2ban.nix b/hosts/lab/fail2ban.nix
index ac0c690..523bdaf 100644
--- a/hosts/lab/fail2ban.nix
+++ b/hosts/lab/fail2ban.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 {
   services.fail2ban = {
     enable = true;
+    maxretry = 5;
+    bantime = "1h";
     bantime-increment = {
       enable = true;
       maxtime = "168h";
       overalljails = true;
     };
+    ignoreIP = [ "127.0.0.1/8" "::1" ];
 
     jails = {
+      # SSH jail auto-created by NixOS — just tighten the limits
       sshd.settings = {
         maxretry = 3;
         findtime = "15m";
@@ -20,13 +24,34 @@
         filter = "forgejo";
         backend = "systemd";
         journalmatch = "_SYSTEMD_UNIT=forgejo.service";
+        maxretry = 5;
+        findtime = "10m";
+      };
+
+      caddy-status.settings = {
+        enabled = true;
+        port = "http,https";
+        filter = "caddy-status";
+        backend = "systemd";
+        journalmatch = "_SYSTEMD_UNIT=caddy.service";
+        maxretry = 10;
+        findtime = "10m";
       };
     };
   };
 
+  # Each virtualHost already has a `log` block for access logging.
+  # The global `servers { logs }` directive was removed in Caddy 2.11.
+
   environment.etc."fail2ban/filter.d/forgejo.conf".text = ''
     [Definition]
     failregex = ^.*Failed authentication attempt for .* from <HOST>
     ignoreregex =
   '';
+
+  environment.etc."fail2ban/filter.d/caddy-status.conf".text = ''
+    [Definition]
+    failregex = ^.*"client_ip":"<HOST>".*"status":\s*(401|403)
+    ignoreregex =
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/hosts/lab/uptime-kuma.nix b/hosts/lab/uptime-kuma.nix
index 93e949f..576a195 100644
--- a/hosts/lab/uptime-kuma.nix
+++ b/hosts/lab/uptime-kuma.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   };
 
   virtualisation.oci-containers.containers.uptime-kuma = {
-    image = "louislam/uptime-kuma:2.2.1";
+    image = "louislam/uptime-kuma:2";
     podman.user = "podman";
     volumes = [
       "/srv/uptime-kuma/data:/app/data"