diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8c6631..da563ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,4 +110,4 @@ docker compose exec postgres pg_dump -U miem miem_workers > backup.sql
 docker compose down
 ```
 
-Версия сервиса: `0.2.2`. Админка всегда показывает версии backend и frontend в footer.
+Версия сервиса: `0.2.3`. Админка всегда показывает версии backend и frontend в footer.
diff --git a/app/services/admin_data.py b/app/services/admin_data.py
index aa0c3d4..64f747b 100644
--- a/app/services/admin_data.py
+++ b/app/services/admin_data.py
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ EMPLOYEE_SORTS = {
 
 
 def employee_display_payload(employee: Employee) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    data = employee.current_data or {}
-    contacts = data.get("contacts") or {}
-    sections = data.get("sections") or []
-    emails = contacts.get("emails") or []
-    phones = contacts.get("phones") or []
+    data = _as_dict(employee.current_data)
+    contacts = _as_dict(data.get("contacts"))
+    sections = _as_list(data.get("sections"))
+    positions = _clean_list(data.get("positions"))
+    emails = _clean_list(contacts.get("emails"))
+    phones = _clean_list(contacts.get("phones"))
     return {
         "id": employee.id,
         "full_name": employee.full_name,
         "status": employee.status,
         "canonical_url": employee.canonical_url,
-        "positions": data.get("positions") or [],
-        "positions_text": "; ".join(data.get("positions") or []),
+        "positions": positions,
+        "positions_text": "; ".join(positions),
         "hse_start_year": data.get("hse_start_year"),
         "emails": emails,
         "email_text": ", ".join(emails),
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ def employee_display_payload(employee: Employee) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def employee_detail_payload(employee: Employee) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    data = employee.current_data or {}
-    contacts = data.get("contacts") or {}
+    data = _as_dict(employee.current_data)
+    contacts = _as_dict(data.get("contacts"))
     return {
         **employee_display_payload(employee),
         "profile_type": employee.profile_type or data.get("profile_type"),
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ def employee_detail_payload(employee: Employee) -> dict[str, Any]:
             "items": _normalize_contact_items(contacts.get("items")),
         },
         "external_ids": _normalize_external_ids(data.get("external_ids")),
-        "sections": [_normalize_section(section) for section in data.get("sections") or []],
+        "sections": [_normalize_section(section) for section in _as_list(data.get("sections"))],
     }
 
 
@@ -179,11 +180,23 @@ def _count_section_items(sections: list[dict[str, Any]], section_type: str) -> i
 
 
 def _clean_list(values: Any) -> list[str]:
-    if not isinstance(values, list):
+    if values is None:
         return []
+    if not isinstance(values, list):
+        values = [values]
     return [str(value).strip() for value in values if str(value or "").strip()]
 
 
+def _as_dict(value: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return value if isinstance(value, dict) else {}
+
+
+def _as_list(value: Any) -> list[Any]:
+    if value is None:
+        return []
+    return value if isinstance(value, list) else [value]
+
+
 def _normalize_contact_items(items: Any) -> list[str]:
     normalized = []
     if not isinstance(items, list):
diff --git a/app/version.py b/app/version.py
index d5c9b77..8a15179 100644
--- a/app/version.py
+++ b/app/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-APP_VERSION = "0.2.2"
-FRONTEND_VERSION = "0.2.2"
-BACKEND_VERSION = "0.2.2"
+APP_VERSION = "0.2.3"
+FRONTEND_VERSION = "0.2.3"
+BACKEND_VERSION = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/tests/test_admin_data.py b/tests/test_admin_data.py
index 03deb49..49062c8 100644
--- a/tests/test_admin_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_admin_data.py
@@ -94,6 +94,26 @@ def test_employee_detail_payload_normalizes_human_readable_sections(db_session):
     assert payload["sections"][3]["paragraphs"] == ["Fallback text"]
 
 
+def test_employee_payloads_tolerate_malformed_current_data(db_session):
+    employee = Employee(
+        profile_key="staff:broken",
+        canonical_url="https://www.hse.ru/staff/broken",
+        full_name="Broken Data",
+        status="active",
+        first_seen_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        last_seen_at=datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        current_data="not-a-dict",
+    )
+
+    display = employee_display_payload(employee)
+    detail = employee_detail_payload(employee)
+
+    assert display["positions"] == []
+    assert display["email_text"] == ""
+    assert detail["contacts"]["emails"] == []
+    assert detail["sections"] == []
+
+
 def test_list_employees_page_filters_sorts_and_paginates(db_session):
     db_session.add(
         Employee(
diff --git a/tests/test_api_mcp.py b/tests/test_api_mcp.py
index 72ebd21..1433858 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_mcp.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_health_returns_versions():
     response = client.get("/api/health")
 
     assert response.status_code == 200
-    assert response.json()["backend_version"] == "0.2.2"
+    assert response.json()["backend_version"] == "0.2.3"
 
 
 def test_mcp_requires_token_and_lists_tools():