diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8c47fd945..df2552e0a 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-	".": "1.15.0"
+	".": "1.15.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9157f76df..f48d022f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.15.1](https://github.com/trycompai/crm/compare/v1.15.0...v1.15.1) (2026-08-20)
+
+
+### Fixes
+
+* **api:** serve openapi.json and bundle swagger deps in function build ([#166](https://github.com/trycompai/crm/issues/166)) ([7ea4f37](https://github.com/trycompai/crm/commit/7ea4f37cd65e93d62d3977e08a0df476b3aa4479))
+
 ## [1.15.0](https://github.com/trycompai/crm/compare/v1.14.0...v1.15.0) (2026-08-20)
 
 
diff --git a/apps/api/scripts/build-func.mjs b/apps/api/scripts/build-func.mjs
index ea6e15838..7c10a9c1a 100644
--- a/apps/api/scripts/build-func.mjs
+++ b/apps/api/scripts/build-func.mjs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const EXTERNALS = [
 	"cardinal",
 ];
 
-const VENDOR_ROOTS = ["express"];
+const VENDOR_ROOTS = ["express", "@nestjs/swagger", "reflect-metadata"];
 
 rmSync(outDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
 mkdirSync(funcDir, { recursive: true });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/create-app.ts b/apps/api/src/create-app.ts
index c14a57bd6..4a436e71c 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/create-app.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/create-app.ts
@@ -58,45 +58,50 @@ export async function createApp(): Promise<NestExpressApplication> {
 	// routing (wired up during init) otherwise shadows anything registered after
 	// it. The factory form defers building the document (which needs the tRPC
 	// router, only available post-init) to first request instead.
-	SwaggerModule.setup("", app, () => {
-		const { appRouter } = app.get(AppRouterHost);
+	SwaggerModule.setup(
+		"",
+		app,
+		() => {
+			const { appRouter } = app.get(AppRouterHost);
 
-		const trpcDocument = generateOpenApiDocument(appRouter, {
-			title: "CRM API — tRPC bridge",
-			description:
-				"Every tRPC procedure, reachable over REST for tooling that cannot speak tRPC. Same validation, same middlewares, same services as the tRPC transport — this only translates the wire format.",
-			version: "1.0",
-			baseUrl: `${apiUrl}${REST_BRIDGE_PATH}`,
-			securitySchemes: { apiKey: apiKeySecurityScheme },
-		});
+			const trpcDocument = generateOpenApiDocument(appRouter, {
+				title: "CRM API — tRPC bridge",
+				description:
+					"Every tRPC procedure, reachable over REST for tooling that cannot speak tRPC. Same validation, same middlewares, same services as the tRPC transport — this only translates the wire format.",
+				version: "1.0",
+				baseUrl: `${apiUrl}${REST_BRIDGE_PATH}`,
+				securitySchemes: { apiKey: apiKeySecurityScheme },
+			});
 
-		const swaggerConfig = new DocumentBuilder()
-			.setTitle("CRM API")
-			.setDescription(
-				`REST surface of the CRM API — auth, health, the internal cron routes, and a generated REST bridge (under ${REST_BRIDGE_PATH}) for every tRPC procedure.`,
-			)
-			.setVersion("1.0")
-			.addCookieAuth(SESSION_COOKIE_NAME)
-			.addApiKey(apiKeySecurityScheme, "apiKey")
-			.build();
-		const swaggerDocument = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, swaggerConfig);
+			const swaggerConfig = new DocumentBuilder()
+				.setTitle("CRM API")
+				.setDescription(
+					`REST surface of the CRM API — auth, health, the internal cron routes, and a generated REST bridge (under ${REST_BRIDGE_PATH}) for every tRPC procedure.`,
+				)
+				.setVersion("1.0")
+				.addCookieAuth(SESSION_COOKIE_NAME)
+				.addApiKey(apiKeySecurityScheme, "apiKey")
+				.build();
+			const swaggerDocument = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, swaggerConfig);
 
-		swaggerDocument.paths = {
-			...swaggerDocument.paths,
-			...(trpcDocument.paths as typeof swaggerDocument.paths),
-		};
-		swaggerDocument.components = {
-			...swaggerDocument.components,
-			schemas: {
-				...swaggerDocument.components?.schemas,
-				...(trpcDocument.components?.schemas as NonNullable<
-					typeof swaggerDocument.components
-				>["schemas"]),
-			},
-		};
+			swaggerDocument.paths = {
+				...swaggerDocument.paths,
+				...(trpcDocument.paths as typeof swaggerDocument.paths),
+			};
+			swaggerDocument.components = {
+				...swaggerDocument.components,
+				schemas: {
+					...swaggerDocument.components?.schemas,
+					...(trpcDocument.components?.schemas as NonNullable<
+						typeof swaggerDocument.components
+					>["schemas"]),
+				},
+			};
 
-		return swaggerDocument;
-	});
+			return swaggerDocument;
+		},
+		{ jsonDocumentUrl: "openapi.json" },
+	);
 
 	await app.init();
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c89609a18..c99f9db19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "crm",
 	"private": true,
 	"license": "MIT",
-	"version": "1.15.0",
+	"version": "1.15.1",
 	"scripts": {
 		"prepare": "git config core.hooksPath .githooks 2>/dev/null || true",
 		"build": "turbo run build",