diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c53c446..ce06034 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Certificate-chain verification now delegates to agent-manifest's shared generic verifier (`agent-manifest>=0.5`) instead of ca2a's own copy. `ca2a_verify.verify_cert_chain` (used by the SEV-SNP VCEK, TDX PCK, and TPM AK chains alike) is now a thin wrapper over `agent_manifest.verify_cert_chain`, re-raising `CertChainError` as `AttestationFailed` to preserve ca2a's contract. This removes the org's last duplicated cert-chain verifier; ca2a keeps its own report/quote parsers, per-format signature checks, appraisal shapes, trust-root pinning, and `verify_offer` semantics. Behavior unchanged (all 201 tests pass unchanged).
 - Bumped `agentrust-trace` to `>=0.4`. The previous `<0.4` cap worked around the
   published 0.3.0 lacking the TRACE A2A `delegation` block that cA2A records
   carry; 0.4.0 ships that block, so the cap is removed. cA2A still owns the
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eca3b67..7c1afeb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ dependencies = [
     # (see ROADMAP Tier 0). Pin a compatible minor; cross-repo skew is a known
     # risk documented in LIMITATIONS.md.
     "agentrust-trace>=0.4",
+    # Shared hardware-attestation verification (generic cert-chain verifier,
+    # SNP/TDX/TPM primitives) consumed via PyPI instead of duplicated per repo.
+    "agent-manifest>=0.5",
     "rfc8785>=0.1",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/ca2a_verify/sev_snp.py b/src/ca2a_verify/sev_snp.py
index 259a2e9..e78045d 100644
--- a/src/ca2a_verify/sev_snp.py
+++ b/src/ca2a_verify/sev_snp.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from cryptography.exceptions import InvalidSignature
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import ec
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.utils import encode_dss_signature
-from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes import SHA256, SHA384
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.hashes import SHA384
 
 from ca2a_runtime.errors import AttestationFailed
 from ca2a_runtime.tee.sev_snp import SEV_GUEST_DEVICE, SIG_ALGO_ECDSA_P384_SHA384, SevSnpReport
@@ -33,30 +33,22 @@ def verify_cert_chain(
 ) -> None:
     """Verify a leaf-to-root certificate chain against a set of trusted roots.
 
-    ``chain`` is ordered leaf first (VCEK), root last (ARK). Each certificate
-    must be directly issued by the next, and the final certificate must match a
-    trusted root by fingerprint. Raises AttestationFailed on any failure.
+    ``chain`` is ordered leaf first (VCEK), root last (ARK). Delegates to
+    agent-manifest's shared, algorithm-agnostic cert-chain verifier (one
+    implementation across the org, consumed via PyPI) and re-raises its failure
+    as AttestationFailed to preserve ca2a's error contract. Used for the SEV-SNP
+    VCEK chain, the TDX PCK chain, and the TPM AK chain alike. Raises
+    AttestationFailed on any failure.
     """
-    if not chain:
-        raise AttestationFailed("empty certificate chain")
-
-    for i in range(len(chain) - 1):
-        child, issuer = chain[i], chain[i + 1]
-        try:
-            child.verify_directly_issued_by(issuer)
-        except (ValueError, TypeError, InvalidSignature) as exc:
-            raise AttestationFailed(
-                f"certificate at position {i} is not validly issued by the next",
-                detail=str(exc),
-            ) from exc
-
-    root = chain[-1]
-    trusted = {c.fingerprint(SHA256()) for c in trusted_roots}
-    if root.fingerprint(SHA256()) not in trusted:
+    from agent_manifest import CertChainError
+    from agent_manifest import verify_cert_chain as _shared_verify_cert_chain
+
+    try:
+        _shared_verify_cert_chain(chain, trusted_roots)
+    except CertChainError as exc:
         raise AttestationFailed(
-            "chain root is not a trusted AMD root",
-            detail=root.subject.rfc4514_string(),
-        )
+            "certificate chain verification failed", detail=str(exc)
+        ) from exc
 
 
 def verify_sev_snp_report(