diff --git a/lib/solvers/InlineNetLabelSolver/InlineNetLabelSolver.ts b/lib/solvers/InlineNetLabelSolver/InlineNetLabelSolver.ts
index 691333db9..402be6526 100644
--- a/lib/solvers/InlineNetLabelSolver/InlineNetLabelSolver.ts
+++ b/lib/solvers/InlineNetLabelSolver/InlineNetLabelSolver.ts
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ export class InlineNetLabelSolver extends BaseSolver {
         color: "green",
         fontSize: inlineLabel.height,
         anchorSide: "center",
+        // Vertical labels read bottom-to-top, alongside the wire they name.
+        rotation: inlineLabel.axis === "y" ? 90 : undefined,
       })
       graphics.points.push({
         x: inlineLabel.anchorPoint.x,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 85f68647b..599f1d2d1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "calculate-elbow": "^0.0.12",
     "connectivity-map": "^1.0.0",
     "flatbush": "^4.5.0",
-    "graphics-debug": "^0.0.96",
+    "graphics-debug": "^0.0.98",
     "react": "^19.1.1",
     "react-cosmos": "^7.0.0",
     "react-cosmos-plugin-vite": "^7.0.0",
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index 87510f153..f5ffc12c6 100644
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