diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 32690b0..4d4df3b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ jobs:
               out.append(l)
           open('/tmp/prod-ci.yml','w').writelines(out)
           "
+            # Remove existing docker-socket-proxy if it conflicts (restart: unless-stopped
+            # may have recreated it after docker compose down)
+            docker rm -f docker-socket-proxy 2>/dev/null || true
             docker compose -f /tmp/prod-ci.yml up -d --pull never
           fi