diff --git a/infra/docker/deploy-production.sh b/infra/docker/deploy-production.sh
index 1326e497a..02cfd5b7c 100755
--- a/infra/docker/deploy-production.sh
+++ b/infra/docker/deploy-production.sh
@@ -77,5 +77,8 @@ docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" run --rm --no-deps api sh -c '
   python /app/scripts/validate_release_env.py --from-environ --strict-external &&
   alembic upgrade head
 '
-docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" up -d api worker web
+docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" up -d api worker
+# Recreate web after API so nginx resolves the current API container IP.
+# Docker's embedded DNS is resolved by nginx at startup for this static upstream.
+docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" up -d --force-recreate web
 docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" ps
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_release_scripts.py b/tests/unit/test_release_scripts.py
index aa3be7cf7..ae64310db 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_release_scripts.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_release_scripts.py
@@ -44,6 +44,27 @@ def test_deploy_production_uses_production_infra_and_project():
     assert "--env-file \"$ENV_FILE\"" in script
     assert "python /app/scripts/validate_release_env.py --from-environ --strict-external" in script
     assert "alembic upgrade head" in script
+    assert "docker compose --env-file \"$ENV_FILE\" up -d api worker" in script
+    assert "docker compose --env-file \"$ENV_FILE\" up -d --force-recreate web" in script
+    assert "nginx resolves the current API container IP" in script
+
+
+def test_production_deploy_recreates_web_after_api_for_nginx_dns():
+    script = Path("infra/docker/deploy-production.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    api_up = script.index('docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" up -d api worker')
+    web_up = script.index('docker compose --env-file "$ENV_FILE" up -d --force-recreate web')
+
+    assert api_up < web_up
+    assert "up -d api worker web" not in script
+
+
+def test_production_nginx_static_upstream_requires_web_recreate():
+    config = Path("infra/docker/nginx-production.conf").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    script = Path("infra/docker/deploy-production.sh").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "proxy_pass http://xiaoxia-api-production:8000/api/;" in config
+    assert "--force-recreate web" in script
 
 
 def test_production_infra_uses_separate_containers_and_ports():