diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/mocks/autoRouterPresets.ts b/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/mocks/autoRouterPresets.ts
index f73faaa70fe..7356d92d99e 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/mocks/autoRouterPresets.ts
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/tests/mocks/autoRouterPresets.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { resolve } from "path";
 import { vi } from "vitest";
-import bundledPresets from "../../../../litellm/proxy/public_endpoints/autorouter_presets.json";
 import { hydratePresets, type AutoRouterPresetsResponse } from "@/lib/autorouter_presets";
 
 // Derived from the real bundled catalog so a preset edit there flows into test expectations
-// instead of redding on a stale copy. Exported as vi.fn so a test can override the query state.
-export const BUNDLED_PRESETS = hydratePresets(bundledPresets as AutoRouterPresetsResponse);
+// instead of redding on a stale copy. Read at runtime rather than imported as a module: the
+// catalog lives outside ui/litellm-dashboard, so a module import fails `next build`'s type
+// check inside the UI Docker image, whose build context is only this package.
+// Exported as vi.fn so a test can override the query state.
+const CATALOG_PATH = resolve(process.cwd(), "../../litellm/proxy/public_endpoints/autorouter_presets.json");
+
+export const BUNDLED_PRESETS = hydratePresets(
+  JSON.parse(readFileSync(CATALOG_PATH, "utf8")) as AutoRouterPresetsResponse,
+);
 
 export const LOADED_PRESETS_QUERY = {
   data: BUNDLED_PRESETS,