diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 2ff5ade..e68629a 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ jobs:
         run: corepack enable
       - name: Install dependencies (frozen lockfile)
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Build the config and database-postgres packages (strict-tsconfig typechecks apps/server which imports them)
+        run: pnpm --filter @personal-blog/config build && pnpm --filter @personal-blog/database-postgres build
       - name: Run the architecture-import suite
         run: node --test tests/architecture-import.test.mjs
       - name: Run the no-core-extension-imports suite