diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80570e35e37..1060144332f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "openclaw",
-  "version": "2026.4.23-beta.1",
+  "version": "2026.4.23-beta.2",
   "description": "Multi-channel AI gateway with extensible messaging integrations",
   "keywords": [],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw#readme",
diff --git a/scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts b/scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts
index fab26bc2416..e3e41551506 100644
--- a/scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts
+++ b/scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   rmSync,
 } from "node:fs";
 import { builtinModules } from "node:module";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { isAbsolute, join, relative } from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import {
 } from "./lib/bundled-plugin-root-runtime-mirrors.mjs";
 import { runInstalledWorkspaceBootstrapSmoke } from "./lib/workspace-bootstrap-smoke.mjs";
 import { parseReleaseVersion, resolveNpmCommandInvocation } from "./openclaw-npm-release-check.ts";
-import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 
 type InstalledPackageJson = {
   version?: string;
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ export function collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors(packageRoot: string
     ];
   }
   const missingImporters = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
+  const bundledExtensionRuntimeDependencyOwners =
+    collectBundledExtensionRuntimeDependencyOwners(packageRoot);
 
   for (const filePath of distFiles) {
     const fileStat = lstatSync(filePath);
@@ -324,7 +326,12 @@ export function collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors(packageRoot: string
       if (
         !dependencyName ||
         NODE_BUILTIN_MODULES.has(dependencyName) ||
-        declaredRuntimeDeps.has(dependencyName)
+        declaredRuntimeDeps.has(dependencyName) ||
+        isBundledExtensionOwnedRuntimeImport({
+          dependencyName,
+          ownersByDependency: bundledExtensionRuntimeDependencyOwners,
+          source,
+        })
       ) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -342,6 +349,35 @@ export function collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors(packageRoot: string
     .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 }
 
+function collectBundledExtensionRuntimeDependencyOwners(
+  packageRoot: string,
+): Map<string, Set<string>> {
+  const ownersByDependency = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
+  const { manifests } = readBundledExtensionPackageJsons(packageRoot);
+  for (const { id, manifest } of manifests) {
+    for (const dependencyName of collectRuntimeDependencySpecs(manifest).keys()) {
+      const owners = ownersByDependency.get(dependencyName) ?? new Set<string>();
+      owners.add(id);
+      ownersByDependency.set(dependencyName, owners);
+    }
+  }
+  return ownersByDependency;
+}
+
+function isBundledExtensionOwnedRuntimeImport(params: {
+  dependencyName: string;
+  ownersByDependency: Map<string, Set<string>>;
+  source: string;
+}): boolean {
+  const owners = params.ownersByDependency.get(params.dependencyName);
+  if (!owners) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return [...owners].some((pluginId) =>
+    params.source.includes(`//#region extensions/${pluginId}/`),
+  );
+}
+
 export function resolveInstalledBinaryPath(prefixDir: string, platform = process.platform): string {
   return platform === "win32"
     ? join(prefixDir, "openclaw.cmd")
diff --git a/src/config/schema.base.generated.ts b/src/config/schema.base.generated.ts
index 444534ca382..e689025afd5 100644
--- a/src/config/schema.base.generated.ts
+++ b/src/config/schema.base.generated.ts
@@ -27769,6 +27769,6 @@ export const GENERATED_BASE_CONFIG_SCHEMA: BaseConfigSchemaResponse = {
       tags: ["advanced", "url-secret"],
     },
   },
-  version: "2026.4.23-beta.1",
+  version: "2026.4.23-beta.2",
   generatedAt: "2026-03-22T21:17:33.302Z",
 };
diff --git a/test/release-check.test.ts b/test/release-check.test.ts
index 73d70049058..c147ca872a3 100644
--- a/test/release-check.test.ts
+++ b/test/release-check.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { listBundledPluginPackArtifacts } from "../scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs";
 import { listPluginSdkDistArtifacts } from "../scripts/lib/plugin-sdk-entries.mjs";
 import { WORKSPACE_TEMPLATE_PACK_PATHS } from "../scripts/lib/workspace-bootstrap-smoke.mjs";
+import { collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors } from "../scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts";
 import {
   collectAppcastSparkleVersionErrors,
   collectBundledExtensionManifestErrors,
@@ -277,6 +278,62 @@ describe("bundled plugin root runtime mirrors", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("does not require root deps for root chunks sourced from the owning installed plugin", () => {
+    const tempRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-root-owned-installed-"));
+
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(join(tempRoot, "dist", "extensions", "memory-lancedb"), { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "package.json"),
+        `{"name":"openclaw","dependencies":{}}\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "dist", "extensions", "memory-lancedb", "package.json"),
+        `{"name":"@openclaw/memory-lancedb","dependencies":{"@lancedb/lancedb":"^0.27.2"}}\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "dist", "lancedb-runtime-7TYK-Pto.js"),
+        `//#region extensions/memory-lancedb/lancedb-runtime.ts\nimport("@lancedb/lancedb");\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+
+      expect(collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors(tempRoot)).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("still requires root deps for root-owned installed chunks", () => {
+    const tempRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-root-owned-installed-missing-"));
+
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(join(tempRoot, "dist", "extensions", "memory-lancedb"), { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "package.json"),
+        `{"name":"openclaw","dependencies":{}}\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "dist", "extensions", "memory-lancedb", "package.json"),
+        `{"name":"@openclaw/memory-lancedb","dependencies":{"@lancedb/lancedb":"^0.27.2"}}\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(tempRoot, "dist", "root-runtime.js"),
+        `import("@lancedb/lancedb");\n`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
+
+      expect(collectInstalledRootDependencyManifestErrors(tempRoot)).toEqual([
+        "installed package root is missing declared runtime dependency '@lancedb/lancedb' for dist importers: root-runtime.js. Add it to package.json dependencies/optionalDependencies.",
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not compare root mirror versions for plugin manifest deps", () => {
     expect(
       collectBundledPluginRootRuntimeMirrorErrors({