diff --git a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
index 2835426f7..d8f7a9a3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/desktop-release.yml
@@ -428,6 +428,52 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Rebuild Linux AppImage against host WebKitGTK
+        if: env.IS_SMOKE_TAG != 'true'
+        env:
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euxo pipefail
+          appimage_dir="packages/desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/appimage"
+          appdir_path="$appimage_dir/Paseo.AppDir"
+          canonical_appimage="$appimage_dir/Paseo_${DESKTOP_VERSION}_amd64.AppImage"
+          existing_appimage="$(find "$appimage_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.AppImage' | head -n 1)"
+          if [ -z "$existing_appimage" ]; then
+            echo "::error::No AppImage found to normalize"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [ ! -d "$appdir_path" ]; then
+            extract_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+            (
+              cd "$extract_dir"
+              APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$existing_appimage" --appimage-extract >/dev/null
+            )
+            mv "$extract_dir/squashfs-root" "$appdir_path"
+          fi
+
+          # Let Linux resolve WebKitGTK from the host system instead of freezing the
+          # CI runner's copy into the AppImage. This avoids stale WebKitGTK GPU/runtime
+          # incompatibilities on newer Wayland systems while keeping the rest of the
+          # AppImage self-contained.
+          find "$appdir_path" \
+            \( -path '*/usr/lib/libwebkit2gtk-4.1.so*' \
+            -o -path '*/usr/lib/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1.so*' \
+            -o -path '*/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/webkit2gtk-4.1' \) \
+            -print -exec rm -rf {} +
+
+          cp --remove-destination "$appdir_path/usr/share/applications/Paseo.desktop" "$appdir_path/Paseo.desktop"
+          cp --remove-destination "$appdir_path/Paseo.png" "$appdir_path/.DirIcon"
+
+          rm -f "$canonical_appimage" "$canonical_appimage.sig"
+          tools_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+          curl -fsSL https://github.com/AppImage/appimagetool/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage -o "$tools_dir/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage"
+          chmod +x "$tools_dir/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage"
+          ARCH=x86_64 APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1 "$tools_dir/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage" "$appdir_path" "$canonical_appimage"
+          npx tauri signer sign "$canonical_appimage"
+
       - name: Upload Linux release assets
         if: env.IS_SMOKE_TAG != 'true'
         env: