diff --git a/.ai/lessons.md b/.ai/lessons.md
index 5cde3ef34e..190bbee34e 100644
--- a/.ai/lessons.md
+++ b/.ai/lessons.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Redirect browser test output to a file (`> /tmp/x.log 2>&1`); piping it (`| tail`) hangs because the Playwright server keeps the pipe open.
 - Browser `click('Text')` can match a hidden element first (for example inactive modal steps) and wait forever; use `button:visible:has-text("Text")`.
 - Never run `php artisan test` inside a dev container (`./scripts/dev exec` or `docker exec coolify-dev-*`). The container sets `DB_CONNECTION=pgsql` as a real environment variable, which wins over `phpunit.xml`, so `RefreshDatabase` runs `migrate:fresh` on the dev database and wipes it. Run tests on the host only.
+- Do not symlink `vendor` into another worktree. Composer resolves the base path from the real `vendor` path, so the tests load the app classes of the other checkout. Run `composer install --ignore-platform-req=ext-zip` in the worktree.
 - Call `visit()` directly in each `tests/v4/Browser` test body; Pest does not mark a test that only uses helper-wrapped `visit()` as a browser test, so it fails with `sendText() on null`.
 
 ## Verify the complete user flow
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index 54d0c8f533..2b67107484 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -3461,7 +3461,9 @@ class ApplicationDeploymentJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldQueue
 
         $environmentPrefix = $this->railpack_build_environment_prefix($controlVariables);
         $secretFlags = $this->railpack_build_secret_flags($variables);
-        $frontendImage = 'ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v'.config('constants.coolify.railpack_version');
+        // The helper image sets RAILPACK_VERSION, so the frontend always matches the Railpack CLI in the helper.
+        // Helper images without it fall back to the version of the Railpack CLI itself.
+        $frontendImage = 'ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v${RAILPACK_VERSION:-$(railpack --version | cut -d " " -f 3)}';
 
         $buildxBuildCommand = "{$environmentPrefix}DOCKER_CONFIG=/root/.docker docker buildx build --builder coolify-railpack"
             ." {$this->addHosts} --network host"
diff --git a/config/constants.php b/config/constants.php
index 6307bbfaeb..4a24c685df 100644
--- a/config/constants.php
+++ b/config/constants.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ return [
     'coolify' => [
         'version' => env('COOLIFY_VERSION') ?: '4.4.4',
         'helper_version' => '1.0.17',
-        'railpack_version' => '0.23.0',
         'self_hosted' => env('SELF_HOSTED', true),
         'autoupdate' => env('AUTOUPDATE'),
         'base_config_path' => env('BASE_CONFIG_PATH', '/data/coolify'),
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ApplicationDeploymentRailpackConfigTest.php b/tests/Unit/ApplicationDeploymentRailpackConfigTest.php
index 168e8be881..1a6297153a 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ApplicationDeploymentRailpackConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ApplicationDeploymentRailpackConfigTest.php
@@ -323,7 +323,69 @@ it('builds railpack docker command with matching env and secret flags for all ra
     expect($command)->toContain("--secret 'id=RAILPACK_DEPLOY_APT_PACKAGES,env=RAILPACK_DEPLOY_APT_PACKAGES'");
     expect($command)->toContain("--secret 'id=SECRET_JSON,env=SECRET_JSON'");
     expect($command)->toContain(' --build-arg secrets-hash=');
-    expect($command)->toContain('--build-arg BUILDKIT_SYNTAX="ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v'.config('constants.coolify.railpack_version').'"');
+    expect($command)->toContain('--build-arg BUILDKIT_SYNTAX="ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v${RAILPACK_VERSION:-$(railpack --version | cut -d " " -f 3)}"');
+});
+
+/**
+ * Runs a railpack build command in bash with stub docker and railpack binaries and returns the docker arguments.
+ *
+ * @param  array<string, string>  $environment
+ * @return array{exitCode: int, output: string}
+ */
+function runRailpackBuildCommandWithStubDocker(string $command, array $environment): array
+{
+    $binDirectory = sys_get_temp_dir().'/railpack-stub-'.uniqid();
+    mkdir($binDirectory);
+    file_put_contents($binDirectory.'/docker', "#!/bin/sh\nprintf '%s\\n' \"\$@\"\n");
+    file_put_contents($binDirectory.'/railpack', "#!/bin/sh\necho 'railpack version 0.30.0'\n");
+    chmod($binDirectory.'/docker', 0755);
+    chmod($binDirectory.'/railpack', 0755);
+
+    $process = proc_open(
+        ['bash', '-c', 'exec 2>&1; cd() { :; }; source() { :; }; '.$command],
+        [1 => ['pipe', 'w']],
+        $pipes,
+        null,
+        ['PATH' => $binDirectory.':'.getenv('PATH'), ...$environment],
+    );
+    $output = stream_get_contents($pipes[1]);
+    fclose($pipes[1]);
+    $exitCode = proc_close($process);
+
+    unlink($binDirectory.'/docker');
+    unlink($binDirectory.'/railpack');
+    rmdir($binDirectory);
+
+    return ['exitCode' => $exitCode, 'output' => $output];
+}
+
+it('uses the railpack frontend version from the helper environment', function () {
+    [$job, $reflection] = makeRailpackDeploymentJob(['uuid' => 'application-uuid']);
+
+    $command = invokeRailpackMethod($job, $reflection, 'railpack_build_command', [
+        'coollabsio/coolify:test',
+        collect(['RAILPACK_VERSION' => '9.9.9']),
+    ]);
+
+    $result = runRailpackBuildCommandWithStubDocker($command, ['RAILPACK_VERSION' => '0.26.1']);
+
+    expect($result['exitCode'])->toBe(0)
+        ->and($result['output'])->toContain('BUILDKIT_SYNTAX=ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v0.26.1')
+        ->and($result['output'])->not->toContain('railpack-frontend:v9.9.9');
+});
+
+it('falls back to the railpack CLI version when the helper does not set RAILPACK_VERSION', function () {
+    [$job, $reflection] = makeRailpackDeploymentJob(['uuid' => 'application-uuid']);
+
+    $command = invokeRailpackMethod($job, $reflection, 'railpack_build_command', [
+        'coollabsio/coolify:test',
+        collect(),
+    ]);
+
+    $result = runRailpackBuildCommandWithStubDocker($command, []);
+
+    expect($result['exitCode'])->toBe(0)
+        ->and($result['output'])->toContain('BUILDKIT_SYNTAX=ghcr.io/railwayapp/railpack-frontend:v0.30.0');
 });
 
 it('interpolates build-time variable references for railpack by sourcing the build-time env file', function () {