diff --git a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/AgentRunner.cs b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/AgentRunner.cs
index 38c24656..4a3513a5 100644
--- a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/AgentRunner.cs
+++ b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/AgentRunner.cs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ internal static SessionConfig BuildSessionConfig(
                 var result = CheckPermission(request, workDir, skillPath);
                 return Task.FromResult(new PermissionRequestResult
                 {
-                    Kind = result ? "approved" : "denied-by-rules",
+                    Kind = result ? PermissionRequestResultKind.Approved : PermissionRequestResultKind.DeniedByRules,
                 });
             },
         };
diff --git a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/Judge.cs b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/Judge.cs
index 46a630b0..c31ebe70 100644
--- a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/Judge.cs
+++ b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/Judge.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ private static async Task<JudgeResult> JudgeRunOnce(
                 var result = AgentRunner.CheckPermission(request, options.WorkDir, options.SkillPath);
                 return Task.FromResult(new PermissionRequestResult
                 {
-                    Kind = result ? "approved" : "denied-by-rules",
+                    Kind = result ? PermissionRequestResultKind.Approved : PermissionRequestResultKind.DeniedByRules,
                 });
             },
         });
diff --git a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/OverfittingJudge.cs b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/OverfittingJudge.cs
index a6796a08..5186f360 100644
--- a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/OverfittingJudge.cs
+++ b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/OverfittingJudge.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ private static async Task<OverfittingResult> AnalyzeOnce(SkillInfo skill, Overfi
             // No tools needed — all content is passed inline
             OnPermissionRequest = (_, _) => Task.FromResult(new PermissionRequestResult
             {
-                Kind = "denied-by-rules",
+                Kind = PermissionRequestResultKind.DeniedByRules,
             }),
         });
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public static async Task GenerateFix(SkillInfo skill, OverfittingResult result,
             InfiniteSessions = new InfiniteSessionConfig { Enabled = false },
             OnPermissionRequest = (_, _) => Task.FromResult(new PermissionRequestResult
             {
-                Kind = "denied-by-rules",
+                Kind = PermissionRequestResultKind.DeniedByRules,
             }),
         });
 
diff --git a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/PairwiseJudge.cs b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/PairwiseJudge.cs
index a7dcab25..51e76aaa 100644
--- a/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/PairwiseJudge.cs
+++ b/eng/skill-validator/src/Services/PairwiseJudge.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ private static async Task<PairwiseJudgeResult> JudgeCall(
                 var result = AgentRunner.CheckPermission(request, options.WorkDir, options.SkillPath);
                 return Task.FromResult(new PermissionRequestResult
                 {
-                    Kind = result ? "approved" : "denied-by-rules",
+                    Kind = result ? PermissionRequestResultKind.Approved : PermissionRequestResultKind.DeniedByRules,
                 });
             },
         });
diff --git a/eng/skill-validator/src/SkillValidator.csproj b/eng/skill-validator/src/SkillValidator.csproj
index 925c30c8..bd363ea6 100644
--- a/eng/skill-validator/src/SkillValidator.csproj
+++ b/eng/skill-validator/src/SkillValidator.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ML.Tokenizers.Data.Cl100kBase" Version="2.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.CommandLine" Version="2.0.3" />
     <!-- external -->
-    <PackageReference Include="GitHub.Copilot.SDK" Version="0.1.30" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GitHub.Copilot.SDK" Version="0.1.32" />
     <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="16.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Vecc.YamlDotNet.Analyzers.StaticGenerator" Version="16.3.0" />
   </ItemGroup>