diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 64d0b97..0579050 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -155,9 +155,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Provide sibling monorepo
         run: |
           git clone https://git.infra.mintel.me/mmintel/at-mintel.git _at-mintel
+
+          # Fix path references for all linked packages
           sed -i 's|../../../at-mintel|../../_at-mintel|g' apps/web/package.json
           sed -i 's|../../../at-mintel|../../_at-mintel|g' apps/web/tsconfig.json
           sed -i 's|../at-mintel|./_at-mintel|g' package.json
+
+          # Force @mintel/payload-ai to use the local clone instead of the registry
+          # This handles both root and apps/web package.json
+          sed -i 's|"@mintel/payload-ai": "[^"]*"|"@mintel/payload-ai": "link:./_at-mintel/packages/payload-ai"|g' package.json
+          sed -i 's|"@mintel/payload-ai": "[^"]*"|"@mintel/payload-ai": "link:../../_at-mintel/packages/payload-ai"|g' apps/web/package.json
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
           TOKEN="${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"
@@ -492,9 +499,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Provide sibling monorepo
         run: |
           git clone https://git.infra.mintel.me/mmintel/at-mintel.git _at-mintel
+
+          # Fix path references for all linked packages
           sed -i 's|../../../at-mintel|../../_at-mintel|g' apps/web/package.json
           sed -i 's|../../../at-mintel|../../_at-mintel|g' apps/web/tsconfig.json
           sed -i 's|../at-mintel|./_at-mintel|g' package.json
+
+          # Force @mintel/payload-ai to use the local clone instead of the registry
+          sed -i 's|"@mintel/payload-ai": "[^"]*"|"@mintel/payload-ai": "link:./_at-mintel/packages/payload-ai"|g' package.json
+          sed -i 's|"@mintel/payload-ai": "[^"]*"|"@mintel/payload-ai": "link:../../_at-mintel/packages/payload-ai"|g' apps/web/package.json
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
           TOKEN="${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"