diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f59d770c33f..0cfb32414f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Matrix/E2EE: keep startup bootstrap conservative for passwordless token-auth bots, still attempt the guarded repair pass without requiring `channels.matrix.password`, and document the remaining password-UIA limitation. (#66228) Thanks @SARAMALI15792.
 - Cron/announce delivery: suppress mixed-content isolated cron announce replies that end with `NO_REPLY` so trailing silent sentinels no longer leak summary text to the target channel. (#65004) thanks @neo1027144-creator.
 - Plugins/bundled channels: partition bundled channel lazy caches by active bundled root so `OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR` flips stop reusing stale plugin, setup, secrets, and runtime state. (#67200) Thanks @gumadeiras.
+- Packaging/plugins: keep packaged runtime-dependency pruning and npm release validation from deleting or rejecting legitimate nested packages named `test`/`tests` under `node_modules`. (#67275) thanks @gumadeiras.
 
 ## 2026.4.15-beta.1
 
diff --git a/scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts b/scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts
index 9371d766da4..f16563c3398 100644
--- a/scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts
+++ b/scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ const skipPackValidationEnv = "OPENCLAW_NPM_RELEASE_SKIP_PACK_CHECK";
 function normalizePackedPath(packedPath: string): string {
   return packedPath.replace(/\\/g, "/");
 }
-
 function isNodeModulesPackageRoot(segments: string[], index: number): boolean {
   const parent = segments[index - 1];
   if (parent === "node_modules") {
@@ -521,11 +520,8 @@ function collectPackedTarballErrors(): string[] {
   return [
     ...collectControlUiPackErrors(packedPaths),
     ...collectForbiddenPackedPathErrors(packedPaths),
-<<<<<<< HEAD
     ...collectForbiddenPackedContentErrors(packedPaths),
-=======
     ...collectPackedTestCargoErrors(packedPaths),
->>>>>>> caafdea0bb (Build: prune packaged runtime test cargo)
   ];
 }
 
@@ -591,11 +587,8 @@ export function collectPackedTestCargoErrors(paths: Iterable<string>): string[]
   return errors.toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 }
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
 async function main(): Promise<number> {
-=======
-function main(): number {
->>>>>>> caafdea0bb (Build: prune packaged runtime test cargo)
+async function main(): Promise<number> {
   const pkg = loadPackageJson();
   const now = new Date();
   const skipPackValidation = shouldSkipPackedTarballValidation();
diff --git a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.mjs b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.mjs
index 5c04686b1a2..8d44ad4be2b 100644
--- a/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.mjs
+++ b/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.mjs
@@ -504,6 +504,18 @@ function pruneDependencyFilesBySuffixes(depRoot, suffixes) {
   });
 }
 
+function relativePathSegments(rootDir, fullPath) {
+  return path.relative(rootDir, fullPath).split(path.sep).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function isNodeModulesPackageRoot(segments, index) {
+  const parent = segments[index - 1];
+  if (parent === "node_modules") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return parent?.startsWith("@") === true && segments[index - 2] === "node_modules";
+}
+
 function pruneDependencyDirectoriesByBasename(depRoot, basenames) {
   if (!basenames || basenames.length === 0 || !fs.existsSync(depRoot)) {
     return;
@@ -517,7 +529,8 @@ function pruneDependencyDirectoriesByBasename(depRoot, basenames) {
         continue;
       }
       const fullPath = path.join(currentDir, entry.name);
-      if (basenameSet.has(entry.name)) {
+      const segments = relativePathSegments(depRoot, fullPath);
+      if (basenameSet.has(entry.name) && !isNodeModulesPackageRoot(segments, segments.length - 1)) {
         removePathIfExists(fullPath);
         continue;
       }
@@ -531,7 +544,7 @@ function pruneDependencyFilesByPatterns(depRoot, patterns) {
     return;
   }
   walkFiles(depRoot, (fullPath) => {
-    const relativePath = path.relative(depRoot, fullPath).replace(/\\/g, "/");
+    const relativePath = relativePathSegments(depRoot, fullPath).join("/");
     if (patterns.some((pattern) => pattern.test(relativePath))) {
       removePathIfExists(fullPath);
     }
diff --git a/test/openclaw-npm-release-check.test.ts b/test/openclaw-npm-release-check.test.ts
index 523dd0bc777..a89d33a410f 100644
--- a/test/openclaw-npm-release-check.test.ts
+++ b/test/openclaw-npm-release-check.test.ts
@@ -406,6 +406,15 @@ describe("collectPackedTestCargoErrors", () => {
       ]),
     ).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it("allows legitimate package roots named test under node_modules", () => {
+    expect(
+      collectPackedTestCargoErrors([
+        "dist/extensions/fixture-plugin/node_modules/direct/node_modules/test/index.js",
+        "dist/extensions/fixture-plugin/node_modules/direct/node_modules/@scope/tests/index.js",
+      ]),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("collectReleaseTagErrors", () => {
diff --git a/test/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.test.ts b/test/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.test.ts
index e5634f8a945..ed6190d517b 100644
--- a/test/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/stage-bundled-plugin-runtime-deps.test.ts
@@ -415,6 +415,67 @@ describe("stageBundledPluginRuntimeDeps", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("preserves nested runtime dependencies named test or tests", () => {
+    const { pluginDir, repoRoot } = createBundledPluginFixture({
+      packageJson: {
+        name: "@openclaw/fixture-plugin",
+        version: "1.0.0",
+        dependencies: { direct: "1.0.0" },
+        openclaw: { bundle: { stageRuntimeDependencies: true } },
+      },
+    });
+    const directDir = path.join(repoRoot, "node_modules", "direct");
+    const nestedTestDir = path.join(directDir, "node_modules", "test");
+    const scopedTestsDir = path.join(directDir, "node_modules", "@scope", "tests");
+    fs.mkdirSync(nestedTestDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(scopedTestsDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(directDir, "package.json"),
+      '{ "name": "direct", "version": "1.0.0", "dependencies": { "test": "^1.0.0", "@scope/tests": "^1.0.0" } }\n',
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(directDir, "index.js"), "module.exports = 'direct';\n", "utf8");
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(nestedTestDir, "package.json"),
+      '{ "name": "test", "version": "1.0.0" }\n',
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(nestedTestDir, "index.js"), "module.exports = 'test';\n", "utf8");
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(scopedTestsDir, "package.json"),
+      '{ "name": "@scope/tests", "version": "1.0.0" }\n',
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(scopedTestsDir, "index.js"),
+      "module.exports = 'scoped-tests';\n",
+      "utf8",
+    );
+
+    stageBundledPluginRuntimeDeps({ cwd: repoRoot });
+
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(pluginDir, "node_modules", "direct", "node_modules", "test", "index.js"),
+        "utf8",
+      ),
+    ).toBe("module.exports = 'test';\n");
+    expect(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.join(
+          pluginDir,
+          "node_modules",
+          "direct",
+          "node_modules",
+          "@scope",
+          "tests",
+          "index.js",
+        ),
+        "utf8",
+      ),
+    ).toBe("module.exports = 'scoped-tests';\n");
+  });
+
   it("stages hoisted transitive runtime deps from the root node_modules", () => {
     const { pluginDir, repoRoot } = createBundledPluginFixture({
       packageJson: {