diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-api-v2-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-api-v2-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..effbc61280f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-api-v2-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Build and Push Crove Cal API v2 Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - "apps/api/v2/**"
+      - "packages/**"
+      - ".github/workflows/deploy-api-v2-docker.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push API v2 image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./apps/api/v2/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            ghcr.io/dos/crove-cal-api:latest
+            ghcr.io/dos/crove-cal-api:${{ github.sha }}
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=api-v2
+          # Why: mode=min so the build stage (which carries DATABASE_URL in its ENV)
+          # is never exported into the shared Actions cache.
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=min,scope=api-v2
+          build-args: |
+            # prisma generate only parses the schema, it never connects, so these are
+            # format-valid placeholders. Real values come from the runtime environment.
+            # Passing production credentials here would bake them into image layers.
+            DATABASE_URL=postgresql://build:build@localhost:5432/build
+            DATABASE_DIRECT_URL=postgresql://build:build@localhost:5432/build
diff --git a/apps/api/v2/tsconfig.json b/apps/api/v2/tsconfig.json
index 59cf716bec9..9d42a373fdc 100644
--- a/apps/api/v2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/api/v2/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "ignoreDeprecations": "6.0",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "declaration": true,
+    "declaration": false,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,