diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-crabs-explode.md b/.changeset/nasty-crabs-explode.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ace769e3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-crabs-explode.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/cli": patch
+---
+
+Deploy commands (`deploy`, `dev-contracts`, `test`) now correctly run `worldgen` to generate system interfaces before deploying.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts b/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
index 8031ad2684..62c658598f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/runDeploy.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import { getChainId } from "viem/actions";
 import { postDeploy } from "./utils/utils/postDeploy";
 import { WorldDeploy } from "./deploy/common";
 import { tablegen } from "@latticexyz/store/codegen";
+import { worldgen } from "@latticexyz/world/node";
+import { getExistingContracts } from "./utils/getExistingContracts";
 
 export const deployOptions = {
   configPath: { type: "string", desc: "Path to the config file" },
@@ -57,10 +59,10 @@ export async function runDeploy(opts: DeployOptions): Promise<WorldDeploy> {
     )
   );
 
-  // Run forge build
+  // Run build
   if (!opts.skipBuild) {
     const outPath = path.join(srcDir, config.codegenDirectory);
-    await tablegen(config, outPath, remappings);
+    await Promise.all([tablegen(config, outPath, remappings), worldgen(config, getExistingContracts(srcDir), outPath)]);
     await forge(["build"], { profile });
     await execa("mud", ["abi-ts"], { stdio: "inherit" });
   }