diff --git a/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile b/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
index 4999d8e..dff0539 100644
--- a/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
+++ b/apps/orchestrator/Dockerfile
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ COPY --from=deps /app/packages/shared/node_modules ./packages/shared/node_module
 COPY --from=deps /app/packages/config/node_modules ./packages/config/node_modules
 COPY --from=deps /app/apps/orchestrator/node_modules ./apps/orchestrator/node_modules
 
-# Overwrite the symlink (apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma → ../../api/prisma/schema.prisma)
-# with the real file content. Kaniko copies symlinks AS symlinks (does not follow them),
-# so the symlink target would be dangling inside the container. Copying the actual file
-# after the orchestrator COPY overwrites the symlink with the resolved content.
+# The repo has apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma as a symlink for CI use.
+# Kaniko resolves destination symlinks on COPY, which fails because the symlink
+# target (../../api/prisma/schema.prisma) doesn't exist in the container.
+# Fix: remove the dangling symlink first, then copy the real schema file there.
+RUN rm -f apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma
 COPY apps/api/prisma/schema.prisma ./apps/orchestrator/prisma/schema.prisma
 # pnpm turbo build runs prisma:generate (--schema=./prisma/schema.prisma) from the
 # orchestrator package context — no cross-package project-root issues.