diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index 0e9ce38..b821041 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -635,9 +635,13 @@ jobs:
           FASTLANE_HIDE_CHANGELOG: '1'
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          test -f "dist/app-release.aab"
+          AAB="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/app-release.aab"
+          # Absolute, because a lane body runs from fastlane/, not the
+          # workspace root — a relative path resolves against the wrong
+          # directory there and 2.17.1 died on exactly that.
+          test -f "$AAB" || { echo "No AAB at $AAB — the artifact handoff failed." >&2; ls -la dist || true; exit 1; }
           bundle exec fastlane deploy \
-            aab:"dist/app-release.aab" \
+            aab:"$AAB" \
             track:"$PLAY_TRACK" \
             release_status:"$PLAY_RELEASE_STATUS" \
             dry_run:"$PLAY_DRY_RUN"
diff --git a/fastlane/Fastfile b/fastlane/Fastfile
index ab0256d..459651d 100644
--- a/fastlane/Fastfile
+++ b/fastlane/Fastfile
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@
 
 default_platform(:android)
 
+# fastlane runs a lane body with the working directory set to `fastlane/`, not
+# the project root, so a relative artifact path from the caller has to be
+# resolved explicitly. Absolute paths pass through untouched.
+def project_path(path)
+  File.expand_path(path, File.expand_path("..", FastlaneCore::FastlaneFolder.path || "."))
+end
+
 platform :android do
   desc "Upload an already-built, already-signed AAB to Play"
   lane :deploy do |options|
-    aab = options[:aab] || "app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab"
+    aab = project_path(options[:aab] || "app/build/outputs/bundle/release/app-release.aab")
     UI.user_error!("AAB not found at #{aab}") unless File.exist?(aab)
 
     supply(