diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index 5bdfacf..16ce58e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@fc324d3547104276b827a68afc52ff2a11cc49c9 # v5.0.0
         with:
           path: '_site'
+          # actions/upload-pages-artifact strips dot-entries by default
+          # (its tar runs --exclude=.[^/]*), which silently removed
+          # .well-known/ from the artifact. Publish it deliberately.
+          include-hidden-files: true
 
   deploy:
     environment: