diff --git a/Services/DialogService.cs b/Services/DialogService.cs
index a62b060..7fb7719 100644
--- a/Services/DialogService.cs
+++ b/Services/DialogService.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ public class DialogService : IDialogService
     {
         private readonly Func<XamlRoot?> _xamlRootFactory;
 
+        // Wrap and cap plain messages so short notices do not expand to the dialog's max width.
+        private static TextBlock CreateMessageText(string message) => new()
+        {
+            Text = message,
+            TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap,
+            MaxWidth = 280,
+        };
+
         public DialogService(Func<XamlRoot?> xamlRootFactory)
         {
             _xamlRootFactory = xamlRootFactory;
@@ -655,20 +663,11 @@ void UpdateLanAddressText()
         public async Task<bool> ShowConfirmationAsync(string title, string message, string? confirmText = null,
             string? cancelText = null, bool isDanger = false)
         {
-            confirmText ??= L.Dialog_OK;
-            cancelText  ??= L.Dialog_Cancel;
-            var content = new TextBlock
-            {
-                Text = message,
-                TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap,
-                MaxWidth = 280
-            };
-
             var dialog = CreateDialog();
             dialog.Title = title;
-            dialog.Content = content;
-            dialog.PrimaryButtonText = confirmText;
-            dialog.CloseButtonText = cancelText;
+            dialog.Content = CreateMessageText(message);
+            dialog.PrimaryButtonText = confirmText ?? L.Dialog_OK;
+            dialog.CloseButtonText = cancelText ?? L.Dialog_Cancel;
             dialog.DefaultButton = isDanger ? ContentDialogButton.None : ContentDialogButton.Primary;
 
             if (isDanger && Application.Current.Resources.TryGetValue("DangerAccentButtonStyle", out var style) &&
@@ -728,7 +727,7 @@ public async Task ShowErrorAsync(string title, string message, XamlRoot? xamlRoo
         {
             var dialog = CreateDialog(xamlRoot);
             dialog.Title = title;
-            dialog.Content = message;
+            dialog.Content = CreateMessageText(message);
             dialog.CloseButtonText = L.Dialog_OK;
             await dialog.ShowAsync();
         }
@@ -1005,6 +1004,19 @@ public async Task ShowShareLinkDialogAsync(string serverName, string link)
 
         // ── App update confirm ────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Content width of the update dialog's notes list, inside ContentDialog's own padding.
+        /// Sized so a typical changelog line still fits on one row; longer ones wrap onto the
+        /// hanging indent that <see cref="BuildNoteLine"/> sets up, which is why it can stay
+        /// well below what the longest line would need. It also has to cover the bullet column
+        /// and <see cref="ScrollBarGutter"/>, neither of which holds text, so trimming it back
+        /// toward the bare text width costs a good dozen characters a line.
+        /// </summary>
+        private const double UpdateContentWidth = 392;
+
+        /// <summary>Right gutter kept clear inside the notes list for the overlay scrollbar.</summary>
+        private const double ScrollBarGutter = 14;
+
         public async Task<bool> ShowUpdateConfirmDialogAsync(
             Version newVersion, IReadOnlyList<string> notes)
         {
@@ -1021,7 +1033,7 @@ public async Task<bool> ShowUpdateConfirmDialogAsync(
                 // ContentDialog clips tall content instead of letting the notes list scroll.
                 // Fixed width keeps the dialog compact — without it the longest note line
                 // stretches it toward ContentDialog's max width.
-                var root = new Grid { Width = 380 };
+                var root = new Grid { Width = UpdateContentWidth };
                 root.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = GridLength.Auto });   // notes header
                 root.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition { Height = GridLength.Auto });   // notes list
 
@@ -1038,17 +1050,25 @@ public async Task<bool> ShowUpdateConfirmDialogAsync(
                 Grid.SetRow(notesHeader, 0);
                 root.Children.Add(notesHeader);
 
-                var list = new StackPanel { Spacing = 4 };
+                var list = new StackPanel { Spacing = 6 };
                 foreach (var line in notes)
                     list.Children.Add(BuildNoteLine(line));
 
                 var scroller = new ScrollViewer
                 {
                     Content = list,
-                    MaxHeight = 220,
+                    MaxHeight = 240,
                     VerticalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Auto,
                     HorizontalScrollMode = ScrollMode.Disabled,
                     HorizontalScrollBarVisibility = ScrollBarVisibility.Disabled,
+                    // WinUI scrollbars are overlays: they paint on top of the content rather
+                    // than taking layout space, so without this gutter the expanded mouse
+                    // scrollbar covers the last dozen pixels of every note line. Whether it
+                    // overlays at all depends on the "always show scrollbars" accessibility
+                    // setting, so reserving the space is the only way to get the same result
+                    // under both. The gutter is unconditional because whether the list will
+                    // overflow is not known until after layout.
+                    Padding = new Thickness(0, 0, ScrollBarGutter, 0),
                 };
                 Grid.SetRow(scroller, 1);
                 root.Children.Add(scroller);
@@ -1072,7 +1092,8 @@ private static Grid BuildNoteLine(string text)
             var bullet = new TextBlock
             {
                 Text = "•",
-                FontSize = 13,
+                FontSize = 14,
+                LineHeight = 20,
                 Opacity = 0.65,
                 VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top,
             };
@@ -1080,7 +1101,10 @@ private static Grid BuildNoteLine(string text)
             var body = new TextBlock
             {
                 Text = text,
-                FontSize = 13,
+                FontSize = 14,
+                // Default leading is tight for CJK once a line wraps; 20 keeps a wrapped note
+                // readable without spacing the list out.
+                LineHeight = 20,
                 TextWrapping = TextWrapping.Wrap,
             };
             Grid.SetColumn(body, 1);