diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-image-mcp-server.yml b/.github/workflows/test-image-mcp-server.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90c58ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-image-mcp-server.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+name: MCP Server Image Smoke Test
+
+# Builds the deployed container image and exercises it end-to-end. Every other
+# test runs the server from source against the pinned lockfile, so nothing
+# verified the *image*, which resolves dependencies at build time. That gap is
+# exactly what let issue #934 through: a rebuild floated fastmcp to a major
+# version whose MCP SDK enables DNS-rebinding protection by default, and the
+# server started returning HTTP 421 for every request arriving through an ingress
+# with a mismatched Host header.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'kai_mcp_solution_server/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-image-mcp-server.yml'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 'release-*'
+    paths:
+      - 'kai_mcp_solution_server/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/test-image-mcp-server.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  image-host-header:
+    name: Built image accepts a proxied Host header
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 25
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Build the solution server image
+        run: |
+          docker build \
+            -f kai_mcp_solution_server/tools/deploy/Containerfile \
+            -t kai-solution-server:ci \
+            kai_mcp_solution_server
+
+      - name: Assert the image did not resolve a breaking fastmcp major
+        run: |
+          # The image installs from the pinned requirements.txt (fastmcp 2.x).
+          # A jump to 3.x re-enables DNS-rebinding protection by default (#934),
+          # so pin the invariant here too: a deliberate 3.x bump must also add
+          # explicit transport_security config and update this check.
+          version=$(docker run --rm --entrypoint pip3.12 kai-solution-server:ci \
+            show fastmcp | awk '/^Version:/ {print $2}')
+          echo "Image fastmcp version: ${version}"
+          major=${version%%.*}
+          if [ "${major}" != "2" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Image resolved fastmcp ${version}; expected 2.x (see issue #934)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Start the container (streamable-http)
+        run: |
+          docker run -d --name kai-api \
+            -p 8000:8000 \
+            -e KAI_DB_DSN="sqlite+aiosqlite:////data/kai.db" \
+            -e KAI_LLM_PARAMS='{"model": "fake"}' \
+            kai-solution-server:ci
+
+      - name: Wait for the server to become ready
+        run: |
+          body='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","id":0,"params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"probe","version":"0.0.0"}}}'
+          for i in $(seq 1 60); do
+            code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+              -X POST http://localhost:8000/ \
+              -H "Host: localhost:8000" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
+              -d "${body}" || true)
+            if [ "${code}" != "000" ]; then
+              echo "Server responding (HTTP ${code})"
+              break
+            fi
+            if [ "${i}" -eq 60 ]; then
+              echo "::error::Server did not become ready in time"
+              docker logs kai-api
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            sleep 2
+          done
+
+      - name: A proxied (mismatched) Host header must not be rejected with 421
+        run: |
+          # Mirrors the issue #934 repro: nginx forwards the external IP as Host.
+          body='{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"initialize","id":1,"params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-03-26","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"ingress-test","version":"0.0.0"}}}'
+          code=$(curl -s -o /tmp/resp.txt -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -X POST http://localhost:8000/ \
+            -H "Host: 192.168.49.2" \
+            -H "Origin: https://192.168.49.2" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
+            -d "${body}")
+          echo "HTTP ${code}"
+          head -c 500 /tmp/resp.txt || true
+          echo
+          if [ "${code}" = "421" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Built image returned HTTP 421 for a proxied Host header — DNS-rebinding regression (issue #934)"
+            docker logs kai-api
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if [ "${code}" != "200" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Expected HTTP 200 for initialize, got ${code}"
+            docker logs kai-api
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Container logs
+        if: always()
+        run: docker logs kai-api || true
+
+      - name: Cleanup
+        if: always()
+        run: docker rm -f kai-api || true
diff --git a/kai_mcp_solution_server/pyproject.toml b/kai_mcp_solution_server/pyproject.toml
index d3e8d35e..62b6bfcc 100644
--- a/kai_mcp_solution_server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kai_mcp_solution_server/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "aiosqlite>=0.21.0",
   "alembic>=1.15.2",
   "asyncpg>=0.30.0",
-  "fastmcp>=2.8.0",
+  # Upper bound pinned to the tested major: a fresh resolution across a major
+  # version enabled DNS-rebinding protection by default and broke ingress
+  # deployments (issue #934). Bump deliberately, not incidentally.
+  "fastmcp>=2.8.0,<3",
   "langchain>=1.2.4",
   "langchain-aws>=1.2.1",
   "langchain-azure-ai>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/kai_mcp_solution_server/src/kai_mcp_solution_server/server.py b/kai_mcp_solution_server/src/kai_mcp_solution_server/server.py
index 1f45d4de..21404a99 100644
--- a/kai_mcp_solution_server/src/kai_mcp_solution_server/server.py
+++ b/kai_mcp_solution_server/src/kai_mcp_solution_server/server.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 
 def with_db_recovery(
-    func: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, T]]
+    func: Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, T]],
 ) -> Callable[..., Coroutine[Any, Any, T]]:
     """Decorator to execute database operations with automatic recovery on connection errors.
 
@@ -297,6 +297,15 @@ async def kai_solution_server_lifespan(
         raise e
 
 
+# NOTE: This server is deployed behind a trusted cluster ingress whose external
+# Host/Origin header (OpenShift route, minikube IP, etc.) is unknowable at build
+# time. The MCP SDK's DNS-rebinding protection MUST stay disabled or it returns
+# HTTP 421 for every proxied request (see https://github.com/konveyor/kai/issues/934).
+# With the pinned fastmcp (<3, see pyproject.toml) the underlying mcp SDK leaves
+# that protection off by default, so no explicit configuration is needed here.
+# If fastmcp is ever bumped to 3.x, this default flips: pass an explicit
+# transport_security=TransportSecuritySettings(enable_dns_rebinding_protection=False)
+# (or a proper allowed_hosts allowlist) to whatever FastMCP 3.x exposes.
 mcp: FastMCP[KaiSolutionServerContext] = FastMCP(
     "KaiSolutionServer", lifespan=kai_solution_server_lifespan
 )
diff --git a/kai_mcp_solution_server/tests/test_host_header.py b/kai_mcp_solution_server/tests/test_host_header.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3121e713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kai_mcp_solution_server/tests/test_host_header.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Regression test for https://github.com/konveyor/kai/issues/934.
+
+When the deployed image floated up to a fastmcp major version whose MCP SDK
+enables DNS-rebinding protection by default, the streamable-http server started
+returning HTTP 421 "Misdirected Request" for every request whose Host header did
+not match the bind host (e.g. requests arriving through an nginx ingress with the
+external IP as the Host). This broke all editor-extensions @requires-minikube CI.
+
+This test starts the streamable-http transport and sends an ``initialize`` request
+with a deliberately mismatched Host/Origin header (mirroring the ingress case in
+issue #934). It must NOT come back as 421. The repo's other HTTP tests always
+connect with a matching ``localhost`` Host header, so they never exercised this
+path.
+"""
+
+import os
+import socket
+import subprocess  # nosec B404 - needed to launch the server like production does
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import httpx
+
+
+def _free_port() -> int:
+    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+        s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+        return s.getsockname()[1]
+
+
+class TestHostHeaderValidation(unittest.TestCase):
+    """The server must not reject proxied requests with a mismatched Host header."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+        self.temp_path = Path(self.temp_dir.name)
+        self.port = _free_port()
+
+        self.server_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "src/kai_mcp_solution_server"
+
+        self.env = {
+            **os.environ,
+            "KAI_DB_DSN": f"sqlite+aiosqlite:///{self.temp_path}/kai_solution_server.db",
+            "KAI_LLM_PARAMS": '{"model": "fake"}',
+            "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1",
+        }
+
+        python_executable = sys.executable
+        self.assertTrue(
+            os.path.isfile(python_executable),
+            f"Invalid Python executable path: {python_executable}",
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(
+            os.path.exists(self.server_path),
+            f"Invalid server script path: {self.server_path}",
+        )
+
+        # Launch the streamable-http transport exactly as the container does.
+        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(  # nosec B603 - args validated above
+            [
+                python_executable,
+                str(self.server_path),
+                "--transport",
+                "streamable-http",
+                "--host",
+                "127.0.0.1",
+                "--port",
+                str(self.port),
+                "--mount-path",
+                "/",
+            ],
+            env=self.env,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            text=True,
+        )
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.proc.poll() is None:
+            self.proc.terminate()
+            try:
+                self.proc.wait(timeout=10)
+            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+                self.proc.kill()
+        try:
+            self.temp_dir.cleanup()
+        except (OSError, PermissionError) as e:
+            print(f"Warning: Failed to clean up after tests: {e}")
+
+    def _wait_until_ready(self, url: str, timeout: float = 30.0) -> None:
+        """Poll the endpoint until the server accepts connections (or dies)."""
+        body = {
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "method": "initialize",
+            "id": 0,
+            "params": {
+                "protocolVersion": "2025-03-26",
+                "capabilities": {},
+                "clientInfo": {"name": "readiness-probe", "version": "0.0.0"},
+            },
+        }
+        headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Accept": "application/json, text/event-stream",
+            "Host": f"127.0.0.1:{self.port}",
+        }
+        deadline = time.monotonic() + timeout
+        while time.monotonic() < deadline:
+            if self.proc.poll() is not None:
+                out = self.proc.stdout.read() if self.proc.stdout else ""
+                self.fail(f"Server exited early (code {self.proc.returncode}):\n{out}")
+            try:
+                httpx.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=2.0)
+                return
+            except httpx.HTTPError:
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+        self.fail(f"Server did not become ready within {timeout}s")
+
+    def test_mismatched_host_header_is_not_421(self):
+        """A request with an ingress-style external Host must not return 421."""
+        url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self.port}/"
+        self._wait_until_ready(url)
+
+        body = {
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "method": "initialize",
+            "id": 1,
+            "params": {
+                "protocolVersion": "2025-03-26",
+                "capabilities": {},
+                "clientInfo": {"name": "ingress-test", "version": "0.0.0"},
+            },
+        }
+        # Host/Origin the server never bound to — this is what nginx forwards in
+        # the issue #934 repro (the minikube external IP).
+        headers = {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Accept": "application/json, text/event-stream",
+            "Host": "192.168.49.2",
+            "Origin": "https://192.168.49.2",
+        }
+
+        response = httpx.post(url, json=body, headers=headers, timeout=10.0)
+
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            response.status_code,
+            421,
+            "Server returned 421 Misdirected Request for a proxied Host header — "
+            "DNS-rebinding protection has regressed (see issue #934). "
+            f"Body: {response.text[:500]}",
+        )
+        # Sanity: the request should actually be handled (initialize succeeds).
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.status_code,
+            200,
+            f"Expected 200 for initialize, got {response.status_code}: "
+            f"{response.text[:500]}",
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/kai_mcp_solution_server/tools/deploy/Containerfile b/kai_mcp_solution_server/tools/deploy/Containerfile
index 153e700e..330f7fde 100644
--- a/kai_mcp_solution_server/tools/deploy/Containerfile
+++ b/kai_mcp_solution_server/tools/deploy/Containerfile
@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@ RUN dnf --refresh -y update \
 # Copy project files
 COPY src/ src/
 COPY pyproject.toml .
+COPY requirements.txt .
 COPY README.md .
 
-# Install Python dependencies
-RUN pip3.12 install --no-cache-dir .
+# Install Python dependencies from the pinned lockfile-derived requirements.txt
+# so the deployed image uses exactly the versions CI tests, then install the
+# project itself without re-resolving. Installing from pyproject.toml directly
+# would resolve fresh against unbounded floors and can silently pick up a
+# breaking major version (this is what broke ingress deployments in issue #934).
+RUN pip3.12 install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip3.12 install --no-cache-dir --no-deps .
 
 # Create a non-root user
 RUN useradd -m mcp
diff --git a/kai_mcp_solution_server/uv.lock b/kai_mcp_solution_server/uv.lock
index 44272394..0311fa34 100644
--- a/kai_mcp_solution_server/uv.lock
+++ b/kai_mcp_solution_server/uv.lock
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "aiosqlite", specifier = ">=0.21.0" },
     { name = "alembic", specifier = ">=1.15.2" },
     { name = "asyncpg", specifier = ">=0.30.0" },
-    { name = "fastmcp", specifier = ">=2.8.0" },
+    { name = "fastmcp", specifier = ">=2.8.0,<3" },
     { name = "langchain", specifier = ">=1.2.4" },
     { name = "langchain-aws", specifier = ">=1.2.1" },
     { name = "langchain-azure-ai", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },