diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
index 2a6fcfacd3..0754e78ebe 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/deploy-mokogitea.yml
@@ -183,18 +183,18 @@ jobs:
           sha = data["sha"]
           content = base64.b64decode(data["content"]).decode("utf-8")
 
-          # Update stable channel version, infourl, and docker tag
-          content = re.sub(
-              r"(<tags><tag>stable</tag></tags>[\s\S]*?<version>)[^<]*(</version>)",
-              rf"\g<1>{moko_ver}\2", content)
-          content = re.sub(
-              r"(<tags><tag>stable</tag></tags>[\s\S]*?<infourl[^>]*>)[^<]*(</infourl>)",
-              rf"\g<1>{release_url}\2", content)
-          content = re.sub(
-              r"(<tags><tag>stable</tag></tags>[\s\S]*?<downloadurl[^>]*>)[^<]*(</downloadurl>)",
-              rf"\g<1>{docker_img}\2", content)
+          # Update stable channel — match the <update> block containing <tag>stable</tag>
+          def replace_channel(xml, channel, ver, url, docker):
+              pattern = rf"(<update>\s*<name>MokoGitea</name>[\s\S]*?<tags><tag>{channel}</tag></tags>[\s\S]*?</update>)"
+              def replacer(m):
+                  block = m.group(1)
+                  block = re.sub(r"<version>[^<]*</version>", f"<version>{ver}</version>", block)
+                  block = re.sub(r"(<infourl[^>]*>)[^<]*(</infourl>)", rf"\1{url}\2", block)
+                  block = re.sub(r"(<downloadurl[^>]*>)[^<]*(</downloadurl>)", rf"\1{docker}\2", block)
+                  return block
+              return re.sub(pattern, replacer, xml)
 
-          # Also update VERSION comment at top
+          content = replace_channel(content, "stable", moko_ver, release_url, docker_img)
           content = re.sub(r"VERSION: [^\n]*", f"VERSION: {moko_ver}", content)
 
           # Push updated file