diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml b/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
index 53dcb80b2..02552e49f 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-dev.yaml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ services:
         UV_IMAGE: ${UV_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.7.20}
         UV_INDEX_URL: ${UV_INDEX_URL:-https://pypi.org/simple}
     container_name: deer-flow-gateway
-    command: sh -c "cd backend && uv sync && PYTHONPATH=. uv run uvicorn app.gateway.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8001 --reload --reload-include='*.yaml .env' > /app/logs/gateway.log 2>&1"
+    command: sh -c "{ cd backend && (uv sync || (echo '[startup] uv sync failed; recreating .venv and retrying once' && uv venv --allow-existing .venv && uv sync)) && PYTHONPATH=. uv run uvicorn app.gateway.app:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8001 --reload --reload-include='*.yaml .env'; } > /app/logs/gateway.log 2>&1"
     volumes:
       - ../backend/:/app/backend/
       # Preserve the .venv built during Docker image build — mounting the full backend/
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ services:
         UV_IMAGE: ${UV_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.7.20}
         UV_INDEX_URL: ${UV_INDEX_URL:-https://pypi.org/simple}
     container_name: deer-flow-langgraph
-    command: sh -c "cd backend && uv sync && allow_blocking='' && if [ \"\${LANGGRAPH_ALLOW_BLOCKING:-0}\" = '1' ]; then allow_blocking='--allow-blocking'; fi && uv run langgraph dev --no-browser \${allow_blocking} --host 0.0.0.0 --port 2024 --n-jobs-per-worker \${LANGGRAPH_JOBS_PER_WORKER:-10} > /app/logs/langgraph.log 2>&1"
+    command: sh -c "cd backend && { (uv sync || (echo '[startup] uv sync failed; recreating .venv and retrying once' && uv venv --allow-existing .venv && uv sync)) && allow_blocking='' && if [ \"\${LANGGRAPH_ALLOW_BLOCKING:-0}\" = '1' ]; then allow_blocking='--allow-blocking'; fi && uv run langgraph dev --no-browser \${allow_blocking} --host 0.0.0.0 --port 2024 --n-jobs-per-worker \${LANGGRAPH_JOBS_PER_WORKER:-10}; } > /app/logs/langgraph.log 2>&1"
     volumes:
       - ../backend/:/app/backend/
       # Preserve the .venv built during Docker image build — mounting the full backend/