diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb732675164..d46e63db64d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "maybe-owned",
  "rustix 1.0.7",
  "rustix-linux-procfs",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
  "winx",
 ]
 
@@ -6593,7 +6593,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.4",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -6664,7 +6664,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core 0.57.0",
+ "windows-core 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11269,7 +11269,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "22505a5c94da8e3b7c2996394d1c933236c4d743e81a410bcca4e6989fc066a4"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "log",
  "multimap",
@@ -11289,8 +11289,8 @@ version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ac6c3320f9abac597dcbc668774ef006702672474aad53c6d596b62e487b40b1"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "log",
  "multimap",
  "once_cell",
@@ -11338,7 +11338,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a56d757972c98b346a9b766e3f02746cde6dd1cd1d1d563472929fdd74bec4d"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.117",
@@ -11351,7 +11351,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9120690fafc389a67ba3803df527d0ec9cbbc9cc45e4cc20b332996dfb672425"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.117",
@@ -13689,7 +13689,7 @@ version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1961e2ef424c1424204d3a5d6975f934f56b6d50ff5732382d84ebf460e147f7"
 dependencies = [
- "heck 0.4.1",
+ "heck 0.5.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.117",
@@ -13718,7 +13718,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "52d1cfed4120b4d927bf7c0f86d2087a4a7d6027c906d9f9d525a80573b9be51"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -15555,9 +15555,9 @@ checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
-version = "0.1.44"
+version = "0.1.41"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "63e71662fa4b2a2c3a26f570f037eb95bb1f85397f3cd8076caed2f026a6d100"
+checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -15579,9 +15579,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-attributes"
-version = "0.1.31"
+version = "0.1.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7490cfa5ec963746568740651ac6781f701c9c5ea257c58e057f3ba8cf69e8da"
+checksum = "395ae124c09f9e6918a2310af6038fba074bcf474ac352496d5910dd59a2226d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -15590,9 +15590,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
-version = "0.1.36"
+version = "0.1.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db97caf9d906fbde555dd62fa95ddba9eecfd14cb388e4f491a66d74cd5fb79a"
+checksum = "b9d12581f227e93f094d3af2ae690a574abb8a2b9b7a96e7cfe9647b2b617678"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "valuable",
@@ -15639,9 +15639,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
-version = "0.3.23"
+version = "0.3.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cb7f578e5945fb242538965c2d0b04418d38ec25c79d160cd279bf0731c8d319"
+checksum = "2054a14f5307d601f88daf0553e1cbf472acc4f2c51afab632431cdcd72124d5"
 dependencies = [
  "matchers",
  "nu-ansi-term",
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.result b/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.result
index 7b7ff8a1f2f..2d867f514c5 100644
--- a/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.result
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.result
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ SELECT flow_name FROM information_schema.flow_statistics WHERE flow_name = 'test
 +------------------+
 
 -- SHOW FLOW STATUS is exercised below via the empty-result form (six-column header).
--- Full row values differ between standalone (populated) and distributed (heartbeat
--- has not yet propagated start_time), so assert only the stable columns here.
+-- In beta2 distributed mode, start_time/uptime_seconds are explicitly unsupported
+-- by the two-field heartbeat contract and therefore remain NULL; assert stable columns.
 -- SQLNESS REPLACE (\|\s+[0-9]+\s+\|) | ID |
 SELECT flow_id, flow_name FROM information_schema.flow_statistics WHERE flow_name = 'test_flow_status';
 
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.sql b/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.sql
index 642160469a2..93593d58d0f 100644
--- a/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.sql
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/flow/flow_status.sql
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ ADMIN FLUSH_FLOW('test_flow_status');
 SELECT flow_name FROM information_schema.flow_statistics WHERE flow_name = 'test_flow_status';
 
 -- SHOW FLOW STATUS is exercised below via the empty-result form (six-column header).
--- Full row values differ between standalone (populated) and distributed (heartbeat
--- has not yet propagated start_time), so assert only the stable columns here.
+-- In beta2 distributed mode, start_time/uptime_seconds are explicitly unsupported
+-- by the two-field heartbeat contract and therefore remain NULL; assert stable columns.
 -- SQLNESS REPLACE (\|\s+[0-9]+\s+\|) | ID |
 SELECT flow_id, flow_name FROM information_schema.flow_statistics WHERE flow_name = 'test_flow_status';