diff --git a/packages/alchemy/src/Plan.ts b/packages/alchemy/src/Plan.ts
index 5410fe6920..a2549b8d94 100644
--- a/packages/alchemy/src/Plan.ts
+++ b/packages/alchemy/src/Plan.ts
@@ -933,13 +933,21 @@ export const make = <A>(
     const newUpstreamDependencies: {
       [fqn: string]: string[];
     } = Object.fromEntries([
-      ...resources.map(
-        (resource) =>
-          [
-            resource.FQN,
-            Object.values(Output.upstreamAny(resource.Props)).map((r) => r.FQN),
-          ] as const,
-      ),
+      ...resources.map((resource) => {
+        // Resource proxies synthesize attribute Outputs for missing keys, so
+        // only read explicit dependencies when the resource owns the field.
+        const explicitDependencies = Object.hasOwn(resource, "Dependencies")
+          ? resource.Dependencies
+          : [];
+        const dependencies = [
+          ...Object.values(Output.upstreamAny(resource.Props)),
+          ...Object.values(Output.upstreamAny(explicitDependencies ?? [])),
+        ];
+        return [
+          resource.FQN,
+          Array.from(new Set(dependencies.map((resource) => resource.FQN))),
+        ] as const;
+      }),
       ...actions.map(
         (action) =>
           [
diff --git a/packages/alchemy/src/Platform.ts b/packages/alchemy/src/Platform.ts
index e03955521c..47b98390e6 100644
--- a/packages/alchemy/src/Platform.ts
+++ b/packages/alchemy/src/Platform.ts
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ export const Platform = <
                   ? yield* runtimeContext.exports
                   : undefined,
               };
+              instance.Dependencies = runtimeContext.dependencies;
 
               return Object.assign(instance, {
                 RuntimeContext: runtimeContext,
diff --git a/packages/alchemy/src/Resource.ts b/packages/alchemy/src/Resource.ts
index b07a50d070..5b5ef4b343 100644
--- a/packages/alchemy/src/Resource.ts
+++ b/packages/alchemy/src/Resource.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ export interface ResourceLike<
    * Properties of the Resource.
    */
   Props: Props;
+  /** Outputs used only for dependency ordering, never provider input. */
+  Dependencies?: readonly Output.Output[];
   /**
    * Removal Policy of the Resource.
    */
diff --git a/packages/alchemy/src/RuntimeContext.ts b/packages/alchemy/src/RuntimeContext.ts
index 1ef609a326..ea6e17fbd4 100644
--- a/packages/alchemy/src/RuntimeContext.ts
+++ b/packages/alchemy/src/RuntimeContext.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export interface BaseRuntimeContext {
   Type: string;
   id: string;
   env: Record<string, any>;
+  /** Outputs used only to order this runtime after upstream graph nodes. */
+  dependencies?: Output[];
   /**
    * Read a value by its (already-canonical) key. The key is used verbatim;
    * callers must {@link sanitizeKey} first. See {@link sanitizeKey}.
@@ -37,6 +39,15 @@ export interface BaseRuntimeContext {
   telemetry?: Layer.Layer<never, any, any>;
 }
 
+/** Register an ordering-only dependency without exposing it at runtime. */
+export const addDependency = (
+  context: BaseRuntimeContext,
+  output: Output,
+): Effect.Effect<void> =>
+  Effect.sync(() => {
+    (context.dependencies ??= []).push(output);
+  });
+
 /**
  * Canonicalize a logical key into a key that is safe to use as the name of an
  * environment variable / binding (`[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*`).
diff --git a/packages/alchemy/test/action.test.ts b/packages/alchemy/test/action.test.ts
index 24220f3a43..75826ff11c 100644
--- a/packages/alchemy/test/action.test.ts
+++ b/packages/alchemy/test/action.test.ts
@@ -254,6 +254,27 @@ describe("Plan", () => {
     }),
   );
 
+  test(
+    "ordering-only dependency keeps task upstream without changing props",
+    Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const Migrate = Action("Migrate", (_: {}) =>
+        Effect.succeed({ migrated: true }),
+      );
+
+      const plan = yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const migration = yield* Migrate({});
+        const bucket = yield* Bucket("MyBucket", { name: "static" });
+        bucket.Dependencies = [migration];
+        return bucket;
+      }).pipe(makePlan);
+
+      expect(plan.actions.Migrate.downstream).toContain("MyBucket");
+      expect((plan.resources.MyBucket as Plan.Create).props).toEqual({
+        name: "static",
+      });
+    }),
+  );
+
   test(
     "task depends on resource: resource is upstream of task",
     Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -295,6 +316,28 @@ describe("Plan", () => {
 // ── Apply tests ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 describe("Apply", () => {
+  test.provider(
+    "ordering-only Action dependency converges to a noop plan",
+    (stack) =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const Migrate = Action("Migrate", (_: {}) =>
+          Effect.succeed({ migrated: true }),
+        );
+        const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
+          const migration = yield* Migrate({});
+          const bucket = yield* Bucket("MyBucket", { name: "static" });
+          bucket.Dependencies = [migration];
+          return bucket;
+        });
+
+        yield* stack.deploy(program);
+        const settled = yield* stack.plan(program);
+
+        expect(settled.actions.Migrate.action).toBe("noop");
+        expect(settled.resources.MyBucket.action).toBe("noop");
+      }),
+  );
+
   test.provider("first run invokes body and persists ran state", (stack) =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const counter = yield* Ref.make(0);
diff --git a/packages/better-auth/src/Migrate.ts b/packages/better-auth/src/Migrate.ts
index 6527848b94..aac1776664 100644
--- a/packages/better-auth/src/Migrate.ts
+++ b/packages/better-auth/src/Migrate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Action, Stack, type Output } from "alchemy";
 import { sha256Object } from "alchemy/Util/sha256";
-import { CurrentRuntimeContext, sanitizeKey } from "alchemy/RuntimeContext";
+import { addDependency, CurrentRuntimeContext } from "alchemy/RuntimeContext";
 import type { BetterAuthOptions } from "better-auth";
 import { getSchema } from "better-auth/db";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
@@ -105,13 +105,11 @@ export const registerMigration = ({
       (effect) => effect as unknown as Effect.Effect<Output<MigrateOutput>>,
     );
 
-    // Bind the migration result into the host environment (when there is a
-    // host): the host's env then depends on the Action's output, giving the
-    // engine a Worker/Function → Migration dependency edge so first-deploy
-    // traffic cannot race the schema.
+    // Order the host after the migration without exposing the Action result
+    // as runtime input.
     const rc = yield* CurrentRuntimeContext;
     if (rc !== undefined) {
-      yield* rc.set(sanitizeKey(`${id}Migration`), result as never);
+      yield* addDependency(rc, result as never);
     }
   }) as Effect.Effect<void>;