diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 607dc95..a0d85e9 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@ jobs:
             echo "::error::Add them under Settings → Actions → Secrets, then re-run this job."
             exit 1
           fi
-          curl -sS --fail \
-            -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" \
-            -X PUT -T dist/index.html \
-            -H 'Content-Type: text/html' \
-            "$WEBDAV_URL"
+          # DELETE-then-PUT: the serving layer caches uploaded files, so a plain
+          # PUT over an existing file returns 201 but keeps serving the OLD copy.
+          # Deleting first guarantees the new build is actually served. (Each curl
+          # is a single line -- YAML block scalars don't convert backslash-nl.)
+          curl -sS -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -X DELETE "$WEBDAV_URL" || echo "(DELETE returned non-zero; file may not exist yet -- continuing)"
+          curl -sS --fail -u "$WEBDAV_USER:$WEBDAV_PASS" -X PUT -T dist/index.html -H 'Content-Type: text/html' "$WEBDAV_URL"
           echo "Published to $WEBDAV_URL"
 
       # Pull the freshly uploaded file back and compare it to our build, so a