diff --git a/dist/index.cjs b/dist/index.cjs
index 4db0dd0..ffb7c58 100644
--- a/dist/index.cjs
+++ b/dist/index.cjs
@@ -23833,6 +23833,21 @@ var import_node_path = require("node:path");
 var core5 = __toESM(require_core(), 1);
 var import_exec3 = __toESM(require_exec(), 1);
 var sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
+function reorderDdlBeforeDml(sql) {
+  const ddl = [];
+  const dml = [];
+  for (const line of sql.split(`
+`)) {
+    if (/^INSERT INTO/i.test(line)) {
+      dml.push(line);
+    } else {
+      ddl.push(line);
+    }
+  }
+  return ["PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;", ...ddl, ...dml].join(`
+`) + `
+`;
+}
 async function syncD1(fromDb, previewDb, previewConfig) {
   core5.startGroup(`sync D1 ${fromDb} -> ${previewDb}`);
   try {
@@ -23849,6 +23864,8 @@ async function syncD1(fromDb, previewDb, previewConfig) {
     }
     if (!exported)
       throw new Error(`failed to export source D1 ${fromDb} after retries`);
+    const reordered = import_node_path.join(import_node_os.tmpdir(), "cf-pr-preview-dev-d1-reordered.sql");
+    import_node_fs2.writeFileSync(reordered, reorderDdlBeforeDml(import_node_fs2.readFileSync(dump, "utf8")));
     const rows = await wranglerJson([
       "d1",
       "execute",
@@ -23889,7 +23906,7 @@ async function syncD1(fromDb, previewDb, previewConfig) {
       previewConfig,
       "--remote",
       "--file",
-      dump
+      reordered
     ]);
     core5.info(`cloned ${fromDb} into ${previewDb}`);
   } finally {
diff --git a/src/sync.ts b/src/sync.ts
index 5faa771..6b66851 100644
--- a/src/sync.ts
+++ b/src/sync.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
@@ -7,6 +7,22 @@ import { runWrangler, wrangler, wranglerJson } from './wrangler'
 
 const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms))
 
+// D1 export interleaves CREATE+INSERT per table, so a FK-target table can be
+// inserted into before it's created (e.g. `workers` -> `cycles`), failing
+// with "no such table". Reorder so every CREATE runs before any INSERT.
+function reorderDdlBeforeDml(sql: string): string {
+  const ddl: string[] = []
+  const dml: string[] = []
+  for (const line of sql.split('\n')) {
+    if (/^INSERT INTO/i.test(line)) {
+      dml.push(line)
+    } else {
+      ddl.push(line)
+    }
+  }
+  return ['PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;', ...ddl, ...dml].join('\n') + '\n'
+}
+
 export async function syncD1(
   fromDb: string,
   previewDb: string,
@@ -28,6 +44,9 @@ export async function syncD1(
     }
     if (!exported) throw new Error(`failed to export source D1 ${fromDb} after retries`)
 
+    const reordered = join(tmpdir(), 'cf-pr-preview-dev-d1-reordered.sql')
+    writeFileSync(reordered, reorderDdlBeforeDml(readFileSync(dump, 'utf8')))
+
     const rows = await wranglerJson<any[]>(
       [
         'd1',
@@ -73,7 +92,7 @@ export async function syncD1(
       previewConfig,
       '--remote',
       '--file',
-      dump,
+      reordered,
     ])
     core.info(`cloned ${fromDb} into ${previewDb}`)
   } finally {