diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yaml
index d9729d17d70f..57f8c6ac0474 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-preview.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   deploy-preview:
+    # Skip for PRs from forks — they don't have access to the Netlify secrets,
+    # so the deploy step would always fail. A skipped check does not block merge.
+    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    
+
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4