diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b89c8ca5..cca0a961 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ uis = [
 # use `uv --dev` to enable
 repl = [
   # debug
-  "pdbp >=1.5.0, <2.0.0",
+  "pdbp >=1.8.2, <2.0.0",
+  # ^XXX, to get our frame indexing fix B)
+  # https://github.com/mdmintz/pdbp/releases/tag/v1.8.2
     "greenback >=1.1.1, <2.0.0",
   "xonsh",
     "prompt-toolkit ==3.0.40",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c50f5a50..e0f3d7fd 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -955,16 +955,16 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pdbp"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.8.2"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "pygments" },
     { name = "tabcompleter" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fc/f5/794ef06a84b4aea5619cda8956aefb838c6b4849002079dca3bc8955f6e3/pdbp-1.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e2acef6b14567b5599f624aec7378139cba086695c13a4e7e327ccb235c3a00b", size = 25812, upload-time = "2025-11-02T18:15:27.098Z" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/50/91/2d614b0db12840d646159f65510415ade0db9db595d6dee3eac60dfe9302/pdbp-1.8.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:367c25c17555d3ac1f024b9ad494ff50e6e20f6494a84741487f3e6596d88f94", size = 25843, upload-time = "2026-01-14T03:10:28.134Z" }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/58/3af430d0de0b95d5adf7e576067e07d750ba76e28d142871982464fb40db/pdbp-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:643e8c84df7c09542c0c7c3f0f18a6c2fb4fb372f9f054ceca80a9037db986a5", size = 21950, upload-time = "2025-11-02T18:15:25.923Z" },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/51/fe/53ac0cd932db5dcaf55961bc7cb7afdca8d80d8cc7406ed661f0c7dc111a/pdbp-1.8.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d4fd05e177636b5ccd0b2e03e378cec57afc06149e5fd975de6f8ddb3d0109a8", size = 21969, upload-time = "2026-01-14T03:10:27.062Z" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "cython", specifier = ">=3.0.0,<4.0.0" },
     { name = "greenback", specifier = ">=1.1.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "i3ipc", specifier = ">=2.2.1" },
-    { name = "pdbp", specifier = ">=1.5.0,<2.0.0" },
+    { name = "pdbp", specifier = ">=1.8.2,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = "==3.0.40" },
     { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
     { name = "pyqt6", specifier = ">=6.7.0,<7.0.0" },
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ dev = [
 lint = [{ name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.6" }]
 repl = [
     { name = "greenback", specifier = ">=1.1.1,<2.0.0" },
-    { name = "pdbp", specifier = ">=1.5.0,<2.0.0" },
+    { name = "pdbp", specifier = ">=1.8.2,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "prompt-toolkit", specifier = "==3.0.40" },
     { name = "pyperclip", specifier = ">=1.9.0" },
     { name = "xonsh" },