diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
index 921aedb2d..98103e30e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/objects/ObjectBrowser.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ import CustomContextMenu, { type ContextMenuItem } from "@/components/ui/CustomC
 import DangerConfirmDialog from "@/components/editor/DangerConfirmDialog.vue";
 import ProcedureExecutionDialog from "@/components/objects/ProcedureExecutionDialog.vue";
 import * as api from "@/lib/api";
-import type { ConnectionConfig, ObjectInfo, ObjectSourceKind } from "@/types/database";
+import type { ConnectionConfig, ForeignKeyInfo, ObjectInfo, ObjectSourceKind } from "@/types/database";
+import { sortTablesByFkDependency, type TableWithFk } from "@/lib/tableDependencySort";
 import { isSchemaAware } from "@/lib/databaseCapabilities";
 import { supportsSchemaDiagram, supportsTableImport, supportsTableStructureEditing, supportsTableTruncate } from "@/lib/databaseFeatureSupport";
 import { connectionUsesDatabaseObjectTreeMode, effectiveDatabaseTypeForConnection, tableStructureDatabaseTypeForConnection } from "@/lib/jdbcDialect";
@@ -657,9 +658,27 @@ function openBatchDatabaseExport() {
   };
 }
 
+async function fetchSortedTableRowsForDrop(): Promise<ObjectBrowserRow[]> {
+  const rows = [...selectedTableRows.value];
+  if (rows.length <= 1) return rows;
+
+  const fkResults = await Promise.all(rows.map((row) => api.listForeignKeys(props.connection.id, props.database, row.schema || selectedSchema.value || "", row.name).catch(() => [] as ForeignKeyInfo[])));
+
+  const tablesWithFk: TableWithFk[] = rows.map((row, i) => ({
+    name: row.name,
+    schema: row.schema || selectedSchema.value,
+    foreignKeys: fkResults[i] ?? [],
+  }));
+
+  const sorted = sortTablesByFkDependency(tablesWithFk);
+  const nameToRow = new Map(rows.map((r) => [r.name, r]));
+  return sorted.map((t) => nameToRow.get(t.name)!).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 async function refreshBatchDropPreviewSql() {
   const statements: string[] = [];
-  for (const row of selectedTableRows.value) {
+  const sortedRows = await fetchSortedTableRowsForDrop();
+  for (const row of sortedRows) {
     const sql = await buildDropObjectSql({
       databaseType: effectiveDatabaseType.value,
       objectType: "TABLE",
@@ -679,7 +698,7 @@ function requestBatchDropTables() {
 }
 
 async function confirmBatchDropTables() {
-  const targets = [...selectedTableRows.value];
+  const targets = await fetchSortedTableRowsForDrop();
   if (targets.length === 0) return;
   try {
     for (const row of targets) {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/tableDependencySort.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/tableDependencySort.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc72c1ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/tableDependencySort.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { sortTablesByFkDependency, type TableWithFk } from "@/lib/tableDependencySort";
+
+function fk(refTable: string) {
+  return { name: `fk_to_${refTable}`, column: "id", ref_table: refTable, ref_column: "id" };
+}
+
+function table(name: string, foreignKeys: ReturnType<typeof fk>[] = []): TableWithFk {
+  return { name, foreignKeys };
+}
+
+describe("sortTablesByFkDependency", () => {
+  it("returns single table unchanged", () => {
+    const input = [table("t1")];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty array unchanged", () => {
+    expect(sortTablesByFkDependency([])).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves original order when no FK dependencies exist", () => {
+    const input = [table("t2"), table("t1")];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t2", "t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("sorts referencing table before referenced table (simple dependency)", () => {
+    // t2 references t1 → t2 should be dropped before t1
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t2", [fk("t1")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t2", "t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("sorts referencing table before referenced table regardless of input order", () => {
+    // Input order reversed from the above test
+    const input = [table("t2", [fk("t1")]), table("t1")];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t2", "t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles chain dependency (C→B→A)", () => {
+    // t3 references t2, t2 references t1 → t3, t2, t1
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t2", [fk("t1")]), table("t3", [fk("t2")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t3", "t2", "t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles multiple tables referencing the same table", () => {
+    // t2 and t3 both reference t1 → t2,t3 before t1
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t2", [fk("t1")]), table("t3", [fk("t1")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    const names = result.map((t) => t.name);
+    // t1 must be last
+    expect(names[names.length - 1]).toBe("t1");
+    // t2 and t3 must come before t1
+    expect(names.slice(0, 2)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["t2", "t3"]));
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to original order on cyclic dependency", () => {
+    // t1 references t2 and t2 references t1
+    const input = [table("t1", [fk("t2")]), table("t2", [fk("t1")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t1", "t2"]);
+  });
+
+  it("ignores FK references to tables not in the selected set", () => {
+    // t2 references t3 (not selected), t1 has no FK → original order
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t2", [fk("t3")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t1", "t2"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles table with multiple FKs where only some target selected tables", () => {
+    // t3 references both t1 (selected) and t4 (not selected)
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t3", [fk("t1"), fk("t4")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    expect(result.map((t) => t.name)).toEqual(["t3", "t1"]);
+  });
+
+  it("handles complex DAG with multiple branches", () => {
+    // t4 → t2 → t1
+    // t3 → t1
+    const input = [table("t1"), table("t2", [fk("t1")]), table("t3", [fk("t1")]), table("t4", [fk("t2")])];
+    const result = sortTablesByFkDependency(input);
+    const names = result.map((t) => t.name);
+    // t1 must be last (everything references it directly or indirectly)
+    expect(names[names.length - 1]).toBe("t1");
+    // t4 must come before t2
+    expect(names.indexOf("t4")).toBeLessThan(names.indexOf("t2"));
+    // t2 and t3 must come before t1
+    expect(names.indexOf("t2")).toBeLessThan(names.indexOf("t1"));
+    expect(names.indexOf("t3")).toBeLessThan(names.indexOf("t1"));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableDependencySort.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableDependencySort.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39333e434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/tableDependencySort.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import type { ForeignKeyInfo } from "@/types/database";
+
+export interface TableWithFk {
+  name: string;
+  schema?: string | null;
+  foreignKeys: ForeignKeyInfo[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sort tables by foreign key dependency so that referencing tables
+ * (those with an FK pointing to another table in the list) come before
+ * the tables they reference.
+ *
+ * Uses Kahn's algorithm for topological sort. Falls back to original
+ * order when a cycle is detected.
+ */
+export function sortTablesByFkDependency(tables: TableWithFk[]): TableWithFk[] {
+  if (tables.length <= 1) return tables;
+
+  const nameSet = new Set(tables.map((t) => t.name));
+  const adjacency = new Map<string, string[]>();
+  const inDegree = new Map<string, number>();
+
+  for (const table of tables) {
+    if (!adjacency.has(table.name)) adjacency.set(table.name, []);
+    if (!inDegree.has(table.name)) inDegree.set(table.name, 0);
+  }
+
+  // Build dependency graph: an edge A → B means A references B,
+  // so A should be dropped before B.
+  for (const table of tables) {
+    for (const fk of table.foreignKeys) {
+      if (nameSet.has(fk.ref_table)) {
+        // A → B: A depends on B, drop A first
+        adjacency.get(table.name)!.push(fk.ref_table);
+        inDegree.set(fk.ref_table, (inDegree.get(fk.ref_table) ?? 0) + 1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Kahn topological sort
+  const queue: string[] = [];
+  for (const [name, degree] of inDegree) {
+    if (degree === 0) queue.push(name);
+  }
+
+  const sortedNames: string[] = [];
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    // Sort queue for deterministic output; preserves original order
+    // among nodes with equal in-degree.
+    queue.sort((a, b) => {
+      const ia = tables.findIndex((t) => t.name === a);
+      const ib = tables.findIndex((t) => t.name === b);
+      return ia - ib;
+    });
+    const current = queue.shift()!;
+    sortedNames.push(current);
+
+    for (const neighbor of adjacency.get(current) ?? []) {
+      const newDegree = (inDegree.get(neighbor) ?? 1) - 1;
+      inDegree.set(neighbor, newDegree);
+      if (newDegree === 0) queue.push(neighbor);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If not all nodes sorted, cycle detected — fall back to original order
+  if (sortedNames.length !== tables.length) {
+    return tables;
+  }
+
+  const nameToTable = new Map(tables.map((t) => [t.name, t]));
+  return sortedNames.map((name) => nameToTable.get(name)!);
+}
diff --git a/docs/app/global.css b/docs/app/global.css
index c960de6af..9528e043f 100644
--- a/docs/app/global.css
+++ b/docs/app/global.css
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ article figure.shiki pre code {
   line-height: 1.58;
 }
 
+article figure.shiki button:hover {
+  color: #e5e5e5;
+}
+
 article :not(pre) > code {
   border: 1px solid var(--dbx-line);
   border-radius: 6px;
diff --git a/docs/next-env.d.ts b/docs/next-env.d.ts
index 9edff1c7c..c4b7818fb 100644
--- a/docs/next-env.d.ts
+++ b/docs/next-env.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="next" />
 /// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
-import "./.next/types/routes.d.ts";
+import "./.next/dev/types/routes.d.ts";
 
 // NOTE: This file should not be edited
 // see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/typescript for more information.