diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
index ea35000e10..188266406b 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'Version tag (e.g. v1.26.1-moko.04.00.00)'
+        description: 'Version tag (e.g. v1.26.1-moko.05.01.00)'
         required: true
         default: 'latest'
       environment:
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ env:
   DEPLOY_HOST: git.mokoconsulting.tech
   DEPLOY_PORT: 2918
   DEPLOY_USER: mokoconsulting
+  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -47,15 +48,30 @@ jobs:
             echo "source_dir=/opt/gitea/source" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "branch=main" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "tag=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "instance_url=https://git.mokoconsulting.tech" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "compose_dir=/opt/gitea-dev" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "container=mokogitea-dev" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "source_dir=/opt/gitea-dev/source" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "branch=dev" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "tag=${VERSION}-dev" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "instance_url=https://git.dev.mokoconsulting.tech" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-      - name: Build, push, and deploy via SSH
+      - name: Enable maintenance mode
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          INSTANCE_URL: ${{ steps.config.outputs.instance_url }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Enabling maintenance mode on ${INSTANCE_URL}..."
+          curl -sf -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
+            "${INSTANCE_URL}/-/admin/config" \
+            -d 'key=instance.maintenance_mode&value={"AdminWebAccessOnly":true}' \
+            || echo "WARNING: Could not enable maintenance mode (instance may be down)"
+
+      - name: Build and deploy via SSH
         env:
           SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_SSH_KEY }}
           TAG: ${{ steps.config.outputs.tag }}
@@ -124,6 +140,20 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           "
 
+      - name: Disable maintenance mode
+        if: always()
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          INSTANCE_URL: ${{ steps.config.outputs.instance_url }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Disabling maintenance mode on ${INSTANCE_URL}..."
+          curl -sf -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
+            "${INSTANCE_URL}/-/admin/config" \
+            -d 'key=instance.maintenance_mode&value={"AdminWebAccessOnly":false}' \
+            || echo "WARNING: Could not disable maintenance mode"
+
       - name: Verify
         run: |
           sleep 5