diff --git a/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs b/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs
index 5a3ece81ca3..363cd1c196f 100755
--- a/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs
@@ -64,12 +64,28 @@ function runNpm(npm, args, options = {}) {
   return result;
 }
 
+function runTar(args) {
+  const result = spawnSync("tar", args, {
+    env: process.env,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  });
+  if (result.error) {
+    throw result.error;
+  }
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(`tar failed with status ${result.status ?? 1}`);
+  }
+}
+
 function packWorkspaceDependencies(npm, workspaceDirs, outputDir) {
   return workspaceDirs.map((packageDir) => {
     const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf8"));
     if (typeof packageJson.name !== "string" || packageJson.name.trim() === "") {
       throw new Error(`workspace dependency has no package name: ${packageDir}`);
     }
+    if (typeof packageJson.version !== "string" || packageJson.version.trim() === "") {
+      throw new Error(`workspace dependency has no package version: ${packageDir}`);
+    }
     const before = new Set(readdirSync(outputDir));
     const result = runNpm(npm, ["pack", packageDir, "--pack-destination", outputDir, "--silent"], {
       encoding: "utf8",
@@ -88,11 +104,58 @@ function packWorkspaceDependencies(npm, workspaceDirs, outputDir) {
     }
     return {
       name: packageJson.name,
+      version: packageJson.version,
       tarball: join(outputDir, tarballs[0]),
     };
   });
 }
 
+export function rewriteWorkspaceDependencyVersions(packageJson, workspacePackages) {
+  const workspaceVersions = new Map(workspacePackages.map(({ name, version }) => [name, version]));
+  let rewritten = 0;
+  for (const section of [
+    "dependencies",
+    "optionalDependencies",
+    "peerDependencies",
+    "devDependencies",
+  ]) {
+    const dependencies = packageJson[section];
+    if (!dependencies || typeof dependencies !== "object" || Array.isArray(dependencies)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (const [name, spec] of Object.entries(dependencies)) {
+      if (typeof spec !== "string" || !spec.startsWith("workspace:")) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const version = workspaceVersions.get(name);
+      if (!version) {
+        throw new Error(`root archive references unconfigured workspace dependency: ${name}`);
+      }
+      dependencies[name] = version;
+      rewritten += 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return rewritten;
+}
+
+function patchRootArchiveWorkspaceDependencies(rootArchive, workspacePackages, outputDir) {
+  const unpackDir = join(outputDir, "root-archive");
+  mkdirSync(unpackDir);
+  runTar(["-xzf", rootArchive, "-C", unpackDir]);
+
+  const packageJsonPath = join(unpackDir, "package", "package.json");
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf8"));
+  const rewritten = rewriteWorkspaceDependencyVersions(packageJson, workspacePackages);
+  if (rewritten === 0) {
+    return rootArchive;
+  }
+
+  writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, `${JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2)}\n`);
+  const patchedArchive = join(outputDir, "openclaw-root-patched.tgz");
+  runTar(["-czf", patchedArchive, "-C", unpackDir, "package"]);
+  return patchedArchive;
+}
+
 function main() {
   const args = process.argv.slice(2);
   const npm = process.env[REAL_NPM_ENV]?.trim() || "npm";
@@ -106,10 +169,15 @@ function main() {
   const packDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-ocm-workspace-deps-"));
   try {
     const workspacePackages = packWorkspaceDependencies(npm, workspaceDirs, packDir);
+    const rootArchive = patchRootArchiveWorkspaceDependencies(
+      plan.rootArchive,
+      workspacePackages,
+      packDir,
+    );
     mkdirSync(plan.prefixDir, { recursive: true });
     writeFileSync(
       join(plan.prefixDir, "package.json"),
-      `${JSON.stringify(buildInstallManifest(plan.rootArchive, workspacePackages), null, 2)}\n`,
+      `${JSON.stringify(buildInstallManifest(rootArchive, workspacePackages), null, 2)}\n`,
     );
     const result = runNpm(npm, plan.installArgs, { stdio: "inherit" });
     return result.status ?? 1;
diff --git a/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts b/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts
index 2ef491e4484..874f58f70c1 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { delimiter, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   buildInstallManifest,
   parseWorkspaceDependencyDirs,
   resolveWorkspaceInstallPlan,
+  rewriteWorkspaceDependencyVersions,
 } from "../../scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs";
 
+const adapterPath = fileURLToPath(
+  new URL("../../scripts/ocm-npm-workspace-deps.mjs", import.meta.url),
+);
+
 describe("OCM npm workspace dependency adapter", () => {
   it("resolves workspace package directories", () => {
     expect(
@@ -60,4 +69,94 @@ describe("OCM npm workspace dependency adapter", () => {
       },
     });
   });
+
+  it("rewrites packed workspace protocols to the local package version", () => {
+    const packageJson = {
+      dependencies: {
+        "@openclaw/ai": "workspace:*",
+        chalk: "5.6.2",
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(
+      rewriteWorkspaceDependencyVersions(packageJson, [
+        {
+          name: "@openclaw/ai",
+          version: "2026.7.1-beta.3",
+          tarball: "/tmp/openclaw-ai.tgz",
+        },
+      ]),
+    ).toBe(1);
+    expect(packageJson.dependencies).toEqual({
+      "@openclaw/ai": "2026.7.1-beta.3",
+      chalk: "5.6.2",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("installs a packed root with a local workspace dependency", () => {
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-ocm-adapter-test-"));
+    try {
+      const archiveRoot = join(root, "archive");
+      const packagedRoot = join(archiveRoot, "package");
+      const workspaceDir = join(root, "ai");
+      const installDir = join(root, "install");
+      const rootArchive = join(root, "openclaw.tgz");
+      mkdirSync(packagedRoot, { recursive: true });
+      mkdirSync(workspaceDir, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(packagedRoot, "package.json"),
+        `${JSON.stringify({
+          name: "openclaw",
+          version: "1.0.0",
+          dependencies: { "@openclaw/ai": "workspace:*" },
+        })}\n`,
+      );
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(workspaceDir, "package.json"),
+        `${JSON.stringify({
+          name: "@openclaw/ai",
+          version: "1.0.0",
+          main: "index.js",
+        })}\n`,
+      );
+      writeFileSync(join(workspaceDir, "index.js"), "export const ready = true;\n");
+      execFileSync("tar", ["-czf", rootArchive, "-C", archiveRoot, "package"]);
+
+      execFileSync(
+        process.execPath,
+        [
+          adapterPath,
+          "install",
+          "--prefix",
+          installDir,
+          "--omit=dev",
+          "--no-save",
+          "--package-lock=false",
+          rootArchive,
+        ],
+        {
+          env: {
+            ...process.env,
+            OPENCLAW_OCM_REAL_NPM_BIN: process.platform === "win32" ? "npm.cmd" : "npm",
+            OPENCLAW_OCM_WORKSPACE_DEPENDENCY_DIRS: workspaceDir,
+            npm_config_audit: "false",
+            npm_config_cache: join(root, "npm-cache"),
+            npm_config_fund: "false",
+          },
+          stdio: "pipe",
+        },
+      );
+
+      expect(
+        JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(installDir, "node_modules/openclaw/package.json"), "utf8"))
+          .version,
+      ).toBe("1.0.0");
+      expect(
+        JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(installDir, "node_modules/@openclaw/ai/package.json"), "utf8"))
+          .version,
+      ).toBe("1.0.0");
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(root, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
 });