diff --git a/.github/workflows/_verify_examples.yml b/.github/workflows/_verify_examples.yml
index 65965333..4f17034b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_verify_examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_verify_examples.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,22 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: /home/runner/.cache
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-bazel-${{ hashFiles('examples/**/BUILD', 'examples/**/*bzl', 'examples/WORKSPACE') }}
+    - name: Inject bzlmod sibling overrides into MODULE.bazel
+      run: |
+        # The sibling example modules are checked out alongside this module in
+        # CI, so resolve them from the local tree rather than the registry.
+        cat >> MODULE.bazel <<'EOF'
+
+        local_path_override(
+            module_name = "envoy-example-filter-cc",
+            path = "filter-cc",
+        )
+        local_path_override(
+            module_name = "envoy-example-wasm-cc",
+            path = "wasm-cc",
+        )
+        EOF
+      working-directory: examples
 
     - name: RBE auth check
       id: rbe
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 3c878047..cf71d165 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -15,23 +15,3 @@ bazel_dep(name = "toolchains_llvm", version = "1.9.0.envoy", dev_dependency = Tr
 
 envoy_toolchains_ext = use_extension("@envoy//bazel:extensions.bzl", "envoy_toolchains_extension")
 use_repo(envoy_toolchains_ext, "clang_platform")
-
-# local_path_override(
-#     module_name = "envoy",
-#     path = "../envoy",
-# )
-#
-# local_path_override(
-#     module_name = "envoy_api",
-#     path = "../envoy/api",
-# )
-
-local_path_override(
-    module_name = "envoy-example-filter-cc",
-    path = "filter-cc",
-)
-
-local_path_override(
-    module_name = "envoy-example-wasm-cc",
-    path = "wasm-cc",
-)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d67f895c..64a74683 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ services:
     - "${DOCKER_EXAMPLES_LOG:-/var/log/docker-examples}:/var/log/docker"
     working_dir: /workspace/examples
     environment:
-      BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS: "${BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS:-}"
+      BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS: >-
+        ${BAZEL_BUILD_EXTRA_OPTIONS:-
+        --override_module=envoy-example-filter-cc=filter-cc
+        --override_module=envoy-example-wasm-cc=wasm-cc}
       BUILD_UID: "${UID:-1000}"
       USER_UID: "${UID:-1000}"
       GROUP_UID: "${UID:-1000}"