diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 6fd5d73a..11c793c2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -344,8 +344,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
-      - name: 🔍 Install Chromium
+      - name: 🔍 Install Chromium (Native)
         run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install -y gnupg wget
+          # Manually add xtradeb PPA (avoids software-properties-common dependency)
+          # Works for Ubuntu; for Debian it might fail, so we continue-on-error
+          export CODENAME=$(. /etc/os-release && echo $VERSION_CODENAME)
+          echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/xtradeb/apps/ubuntu $CODENAME main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xtradeb-ppa.list
+          apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 290D73D2240900B5
           apt-get update
           apt-get install -y chromium
         continue-on-error: true
@@ -356,6 +363,7 @@ jobs:
           GATEKEEPER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GATEKEEPER_PASSWORD || 'klz2026' }}
           PAGESPEED_LIMIT: 8
           PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH: /usr/bin/chromium
+          CHROME_PATH: /usr/bin/chromium
         run: npm run pagespeed:test
 
       - name: 💾 Save Report URL