diff --git a/.github/scripts/bootstrap-common-workflows.sh b/.github/scripts/bootstrap-common-workflows.sh
index dfc1f7e..26a3be1 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/bootstrap-common-workflows.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bootstrap-common-workflows.sh
@@ -75,19 +75,20 @@ declare -A BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES
 #       secrets: inherit
 BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[".github/workflows/cleanup-pr-artifacts.yml"]="bmFtZTogQ2xlYW51cCBQUiBBcnRpZmFjdHMKCm9uOgogIHB1bGxfcmVxdWVzdDoKICAgIHR5cGVzOiBbY2xvc2VkXQoKam9iczoKICBjbGVhbnVwOgogICAgdXNlczogQ3JhdGlzL1dvcmtmbG93cy8uZ2l0aHViL3dvcmtmbG93cy9jbGVhbnVwLXByLWFydGlmYWN0cy55bWxAbWFpbgogICAgd2l0aDoKICAgICAgcHVsbF9yZXF1ZXN0OiAke3sgZ2l0aHViLmV2ZW50LnB1bGxfcmVxdWVzdC5udW1iZXIgfX0KICAgIHNlY3JldHM6IGluaGVyaXQK"
 
-# update-packages.yml — nightly scheduled + manual trigger, delegates to reusable workflow
+# update-packages.yml — weekly scheduled + manual trigger, delegates to reusable workflow
+# The cron placeholder is replaced per repository before creating its blob.
 # Decodes to:
 #   name: Update Packages
 #   on:
 #     schedule:
-#       - cron: '0 6 * * *'
+#       - cron: '__PACKAGE_UPDATE_CRON__'
 #     workflow_dispatch:
 #   jobs:
 #     update:
 #       uses: Cratis/Workflows/.github/workflows/update-packages.yml@main
 #       secrets:
 #         PAT_WORKFLOWS: ${{ secrets.PAT_WORKFLOWS }}
-BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[".github/workflows/update-packages.yml"]="bmFtZTogVXBkYXRlIFBhY2thZ2VzCgpvbjoKICBzY2hlZHVsZToKICAgIC0gY3JvbjogJzAgNiAqICogKicKICB3b3JrZmxvd19kaXNwYXRjaDoKCmpvYnM6CiAgdXBkYXRlOgogICAgdXNlczogQ3JhdGlzL1dvcmtmbG93cy8uZ2l0aHViL3dvcmtmbG93cy91cGRhdGUtcGFja2FnZXMueW1sQG1haW4KICAgIHNlY3JldHM6CiAgICAgIFBBVF9XT1JLRkxPV1M6ICR7eyBzZWNyZXRzLlBBVF9XT1JLRkxPV1MgfX0K"
+BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[".github/workflows/update-packages.yml"]="bmFtZTogVXBkYXRlIFBhY2thZ2VzCgpvbjoKICBzY2hlZHVsZToKICAgIC0gY3JvbjogJ19fUEFDS0FHRV9VUERBVEVfQ1JPTl9fJwogIHdvcmtmbG93X2Rpc3BhdGNoOgoKam9iczoKICB1cGRhdGU6CiAgICB1c2VzOiBDcmF0aXMvV29ya2Zsb3dzLy5naXRodWIvd29ya2Zsb3dzL3VwZGF0ZS1wYWNrYWdlcy55bWxAbWFpbgogICAgc2VjcmV0czoKICAgICAgUEFUX1dPUktGTE9XUzogJHt7IHNlY3JldHMuUEFUX1dPUktGTE9XUyB9fQo="
 
 # auto-approve-publish-deployments.yml — approves pending npm/nuget deployments
 # for Publish workflow runs (trusted publishing environments).
@@ -230,6 +231,14 @@ BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[".github/workflows/verify-semver-label.yml"]="bmFtZTogVmVyaWZ
 #         id: ca1031
 BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[".github/codeql/codeql-config.yml"]="bmFtZTogIkNyYXRpcyBDb2RlUUwgY29uZmlnIgoKcXVlcnktZmlsdGVyczoKICAjIENBMTAzMSBpcyBpbnRlbnRpb25hbGx5IGV4Y2x1ZGVkIGZyb20gdGhlIHNoYXJlZCBiYXNlbGluZS4KICAtIGV4Y2x1ZGU6CiAgICAgIGlkOiBjYTEwMzEK"
 
+# Stable POSIX checksum of the repository name: Monday, minute 1-59, 03:00-07:59 UTC.
+# Unlike an array index, this does not move existing schedules when repositories are added.
+package_update_cron() {
+  local checksum remainder
+  read -r checksum remainder < <(printf '%s' "$1" | cksum)
+  printf '%d %d * * 1' "$((checksum % 59 + 1))" "$((checksum / 59 % 5 + 3))"
+}
+
 # ================================================================
 # Per-file skips
 # ================================================================
@@ -395,6 +404,11 @@ echo "$repos" | jq -r '.[]' | while read -r repo; do
       fi
     fi
     file_b64="${BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES[$file_path]}"
+    if [ "$file_path" = ".github/workflows/update-packages.yml" ]; then
+      file_content=$(printf '%s' "$file_b64" | base64 -d)
+      file_content="${file_content/__PACKAGE_UPDATE_CRON__/$(package_update_cron "$repo")}"
+      file_b64=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | base64 | tr -d '\n')
+    fi
     case "$file_path" in
       .github/codeql/codeql-config.yml)
         file_label="codeql-config"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/tests/bootstrap-schedules.test.py b/.github/scripts/tests/bootstrap-schedules.test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a5104e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/tests/bootstrap-schedules.test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright (c) Cratis. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+"""Offline checks of the bootstrap's repository-specific package-update wrapper."""
+import base64
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import subprocess
+import unittest
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]
+SOURCE = (ROOT / ".github/scripts/bootstrap-common-workflows.sh").read_text()
+TEMPLATE = re.search(
+    r'BOOTSTRAPPED_FILES\[".github/workflows/update-packages.yml"\]="([^"]+)"', SOURCE)[1]
+CRON_FUNCTION = re.search(r"^package_update_cron\(\) \{.*?^\}", SOURCE, re.M | re.S)[0]
+RENDER = re.search(
+    r'^    if \[ "\$file_path" = "\.github/workflows/update-packages.yml" \]; then\n.*?^    fi',
+    SOURCE, re.M | re.S)[0]
+
+
+def render(repo):
+    # Execute the production rendering block without invoking the live bootstrap,
+    # its PAT probe, or any GitHub writes.
+    return subprocess.check_output([
+        "bash", "-c", 'set -euo pipefail\n' + CRON_FUNCTION + '\n'
+        'repo="$1"\nfile_b64="$2"\nfile_path=".github/workflows/update-packages.yml"\n'
+        + RENDER + '\nprintf "%s" "$file_b64"', "bootstrap-test", repo, TEMPLATE,
+    ], text=True)
+
+
+class BootstrapSchedulesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_only_the_schedule_changes(self):
+        template = base64.b64decode(TEMPLATE).decode()
+        rendered = base64.b64decode(render("Arc")).decode()
+        cron = re.search(r"cron: '([^']+)'", rendered)[1]
+        self.assertEqual(rendered, template.replace("__PACKAGE_UPDATE_CRON__", cron))
+        self.assertIn("  workflow_dispatch:", rendered)
+        self.assertNotIn("__PACKAGE_UPDATE_CRON__", rendered)
+
+    def test_weekly_offsets_are_stable_and_off_the_hour(self):
+        crons = set()
+        for repo in ["Arc", "Chronicle", "Fundamentals", "cli", "Arc.TypeScript", "Cratis-Example"]:
+            first = render(repo)
+            self.assertEqual(first, render(repo))
+            cron = re.search(r"cron: '([^']+)'", base64.b64decode(first).decode())[1]
+            minute, hour, day, month, weekday = cron.split()
+            self.assertTrue(1 <= int(minute) <= 59)
+            self.assertTrue(3 <= int(hour) <= 7)
+            self.assertEqual((day, month, weekday), ("*", "*", "1"))
+            crons.add(cron)
+        self.assertGreater(len(crons), 1)
+
+    def test_private_callers_use_the_same_deterministic_offsets(self):
+        expected = {
+            "Direct": "37 5 * * 1", "Studio": "48 5 * * 1",
+            "Infrastructure": "5 3 * * 1", "Ensemble": "32 4 * * 1",
+            "Experiments": "57 5 * * 1",
+        }
+        for repo, cron in expected.items():
+            with self.subTest(repo=repo):
+                self.assertIn("cron: '" + cron + "'", base64.b64decode(render(repo)).decode())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)