diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index 154d406..dfe370e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           docker push "${REGISTRY_HOST}/${PAGE_FETCHER_API_IMAGE}:${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
+      # Watchtower's poll is the fallback, not the mechanism: 30s on staging but 300s on
+      # production, so without this a green run can sit five minutes ahead of the deploy it
+      # claims to have made. Copied from easyDent, including the soft failure -- an unset
+      # secret or an unreachable API must degrade to the poll, never fail the build.
+      - name: Trigger Watchtower redeploy
+        env:
+          URL_STAGING: ${{ secrets.WATCHTOWER_URL_STAGING }}
+          URL_PRODUCTION: ${{ secrets.WATCHTOWER_URL_PRODUCTION }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WATCHTOWER_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${IMAGE_TAG}" = "production" ]; then URL="${URL_PRODUCTION}"; else URL="${URL_STAGING}"; fi
+          if [ -n "${URL}" ] && [ -n "${TOKEN}" ]; then
+            echo "Triggering Watchtower at ${URL}"
+            curl -sf -m 30 -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" "${URL}" && echo "  -> redeploy triggered" \
+              || echo "  -> trigger failed; Watchtower will still pick it up on the next poll"
+          else
+            echo "Watchtower push-trigger not configured (WATCHTOWER_* secrets unset); relying on the poll interval."
+          fi
+
       - name: Reclaim disk space (keep recent build cache)
         if: always()
         run: |