diff --git a/Package.resolved b/Package.resolved
index 059b5a8..ce39eac 100644
--- a/Package.resolved
+++ b/Package.resolved
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "originHash" : "aa3b610661f9638121002a4550886729c9cdb511e05d0f5e55fb94244dce0b65",
+  "originHash" : "6207f2cd9f8f1fd4388e4ca0ae04db9938553925e1e8ec10c2dee489b7a8dc6e",
   "pins" : [
     {
       "identity" : "phonenumberkit",
       "kind" : "remoteSourceControl",
       "location" : "https://github.com/PhoneNumberKit/PhoneNumberKit.git",
       "state" : {
-        "revision" : "ab06a8333394f4a4fb6eecca447dae0aa06c1eca",
-        "version" : "5.0.4"
+        "revision" : "faf1703e6fc71c699e911ff0e306c58ad7c756c0",
+        "version" : "5.0.11"
       }
     },
     {
diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index 69cb5e5..61ba0f1 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(url: "https://github.com/apple/swift-argument-parser.git", from: "1.8.2"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/stephencelis/SQLite.swift.git",  from: "0.16.0"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/PhoneNumberKit/PhoneNumberKit.git", from: "5.0.4"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/PhoneNumberKit/PhoneNumberKit.git", from: "5.0.11"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/trilemma-dev/SecureXPC.git",     from: "0.8.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
diff --git a/Tests/kithTests/CommandIntegrationTests.swift b/Tests/kithTests/CommandIntegrationTests.swift
index b3f4b28..45d7518 100644
--- a/Tests/kithTests/CommandIntegrationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/kithTests/CommandIntegrationTests.swift
@@ -76,18 +76,32 @@ struct CommandIntegrationTests {
         #expect(result.stdout.contains("anyOf"))
     }
 
-    @Test("--color flag overrides env (always vs never)")
+    @Test("--color flag overrides env on a missing local DB error")
     func colorFlagOverride() throws {
-        // --color always with NO_COLOR set should still color.
-        let always = try run(["doctor"], env: ["NO_COLOR": "1"])
-        // doctor's exit will be 5 because we don't have full perms in CI;
-        // but we just care about stderr/stdout content here.
-        let alwaysOutput = always.stdout + always.stderr
-        // Without --color always, NO_COLOR wins → no escape codes.
-        #expect(!alwaysOutput.contains("\u{1B}["))
-        let forced = try run(["doctor", "--color", "always"], env: ["NO_COLOR": "1"])
-        let forcedOutput = forced.stdout + forced.stderr
-        #expect(forcedOutput.contains("\u{1B}["))
+        let fixtureDir = FileManager.default.temporaryDirectory
+            .appendingPathComponent("kith-color-\(UUID().uuidString)", isDirectory: true)
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: fixtureDir, withIntermediateDirectories: false)
+        defer { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: fixtureDir) }
+        let missingDB = fixtureDir.appendingPathComponent("missing.db").path
+        let env = ["KITH_DB_PATH": missingDB, "KITH_COLOR": "auto", "NO_COLOR": "1"]
+        #expect(!FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: missingDB))
+
+        // A read-only open fails before the local pipeline constructs ContactsStore.
+        let plain = try run(["chats"], env: env)
+        #expect(plain.code == 6)
+        #expect(plain.stderr.contains("kith: error:"))
+        #expect(!plain.stderr.contains("\u{1B}["))
+
+        let forced = try run(["chats", "--color", "always"], env: env)
+        #expect(forced.code == 6)
+        #expect(forced.stderr.contains("\u{1B}[1;31m"))
+
+        let machine = try run(["chats", "--jsonl"], env: env)
+        #expect(machine.code == 6)
+        let error = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: Data(machine.stderr.utf8)) as? [String: Any]
+        #expect(error?["code"] as? String == "DB_UNAVAILABLE")
+        #expect(error?["exit"] as? Int == 6)
+        #expect(!FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: missingDB))
     }
 
     @Test("kith tools help dumps every command's help in one stream")