diff --git a/apps/trigger/package.json b/apps/trigger/package.json
index 288d667b5..939cac8ae 100644
--- a/apps/trigger/package.json
+++ b/apps/trigger/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     "@buster/vitest-config": "workspace:*",
     "@buster/web-tools": "workspace:*",
     "@duckdb/node-api": "1.3.2-alpha.26",
+    "@duckdb/node-bindings": "1.3.2-alpha.26",
     "@trigger.dev/sdk": "catalog:",
     "ai": "catalog:",
     "braintrust": "catalog:",
diff --git a/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts b/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
index 94b155604..44652bc42 100644
--- a/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
+++ b/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
   },
   build: {
-    external: ['lz4', 'xxhash', 'duckdb'],
+    external: [
+      'lz4', 
+      'xxhash',
+      '@duckdb/node-api',
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings',
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings-linux-x64',
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings-linux-arm64', 
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-x64',
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings-darwin-arm64',
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings-win32-x64'
+    ],
     extensions: [
       esbuildPlugin({
         name: 'buster-path-resolver',
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b52ef12e1..ee900265d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ importers:
       '@duckdb/node-api':
         specifier: 1.3.2-alpha.26
         version: 1.3.2-alpha.26
+      '@duckdb/node-bindings':
+        specifier: 1.3.2-alpha.26
+        version: 1.3.2-alpha.26
       '@trigger.dev/sdk':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.0.2(ai@5.0.34(zod@3.25.76))(zod@3.25.76)