diff --git a/.changeset/canonical-dnd-owner.md b/.changeset/canonical-dnd-owner.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2b05e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/canonical-dnd-owner.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ankhorage/devtools': patch
+---
+
+Allow direct imports from `@ankhorage/react-native-reanimated-dnd-web`, keep the upstream native package restricted, and remove the retired `@ankh/dnd` recommendation.
diff --git a/src/eslint.test.ts b/src/eslint.test.ts
index 94de16a..6a07e3c 100644
--- a/src/eslint.test.ts
+++ b/src/eslint.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test';
 
-import { createConfig } from './eslint.js';
+import { createConfig, defaultRestrictedImports } from './eslint.js';
 
 describe('createConfig sanity check', () => {
   const baseOptions = {
@@ -14,4 +14,18 @@ describe('createConfig sanity check', () => {
     expect(Array.isArray(config)).toBe(true);
     expect(config.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
+
+  it('allows the owning Studio DnD package and rejects only the upstream package', () => {
+    expect(defaultRestrictedImports).toEqual([
+      {
+        name: 'react-native-reanimated-dnd',
+        message:
+          "Forbidden in Ankhorage packages. Use '@ankhorage/react-native-reanimated-dnd-web' directly.",
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    const serializedRules = JSON.stringify(defaultRestrictedImports);
+    expect(serializedRules).toContain('@ankhorage/react-native-reanimated-dnd-web');
+    expect(serializedRules).not.toContain('@ankh/dnd');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/eslint.ts b/src/eslint.ts
index ca792ff..f8c98be 100644
--- a/src/eslint.ts
+++ b/src/eslint.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@ export const defaultIgnores = [
 export const defaultRestrictedImports = [
   {
     name: 'react-native-reanimated-dnd',
-    message: "Forbidden in monorepo. Use '@ankh/dnd' (boundary) instead.",
-  },
-  {
-    name: '@ankhorage/react-native-reanimated-dnd-web',
-    message: "Forbidden in monorepo. Use '@ankh/dnd' (boundary) instead.",
+    message:
+      "Forbidden in Ankhorage packages. Use '@ankhorage/react-native-reanimated-dnd-web' directly.",
   },
 ] as const;