diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 85c6f36..3e8c32a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,12 +61,18 @@ jobs:
         # Writing to $GITHUB_ENV propagates the value to subsequent steps
         # inside the act_runner Docker container; the workflow-level `env:`
         # block is not reliably visible there.
+        #
+        # Find pattern note: Debian Bookworm installs the runtime library as
+        # `libclang-14.so.1` (versioned, no plain libclang.so.* symlink),
+        # so a strict 'libclang.so.*' pattern returns nothing. The broader
+        # 'libclang*.so*' matches every bindgen-compatible filename variant:
+        # libclang.so, libclang-14.so, libclang.so.1, libclang-14.so.1.
         run: |
           set -e
-          LIBCL=$(find /usr/lib -name 'libclang.so.*' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-          test -n "$LIBCL" || { echo "ERROR: libclang.so.* not found under /usr/lib"; exit 1; }
+          LIBCL=$(find /usr -name 'libclang*.so*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+          test -n "$LIBCL" || { echo "ERROR: no libclang shared lib found under /usr"; exit 1; }
           LIBDIR=$(dirname "$LIBCL")
-          echo "Resolved LIBCLANG_PATH=$LIBDIR"
+          echo "Resolved LIBCLANG_PATH=$LIBDIR (found $LIBCL)"
           echo "LIBCLANG_PATH=$LIBDIR" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Cache cargo registry + build artifacts