diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index e54bcb360f4..cb20dba1089 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ jobs:
 
           # Replace all dashes in the package name with underscores,
           # since that's how Python imports packages with dashes in the name.
-          IMPORT_NAME="$(echo "$PKG_NAME" | sed s/-/_/g)"
+          # also remove _official suffix
+          IMPORT_NAME="$(echo "$PKG_NAME" | sed s/-/_/g | sed s/_official//g)"
 
           poetry run python -c "import $IMPORT_NAME; print(dir($IMPORT_NAME))"
 
diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/chat_models/base.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/chat_models/base.py
index 7b9418849b5..47ac09e5afd 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/chat_models/base.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/chat_models/base.py
@@ -416,6 +416,11 @@ def _init_chat_model_helper(
         from langchain_google_vertexai.model_garden import ChatAnthropicVertex
 
         return ChatAnthropicVertex(model=model, **kwargs)
+    elif model_provider == "deepseek":
+        _check_pkg("langchain_deepseek", pkg_kebab="langchain-deepseek-official")
+        from langchain_deepseek import ChatDeepSeek
+
+        return ChatDeepSeek(model=model, **kwargs)
     else:
         supported = ", ".join(_SUPPORTED_PROVIDERS)
         raise ValueError(
@@ -440,6 +445,7 @@ _SUPPORTED_PROVIDERS = {
     "bedrock",
     "bedrock_converse",
     "google_anthropic_vertex",
+    "deepseek",
 }
 
 
@@ -480,12 +486,11 @@ def _parse_model(model: str, model_provider: Optional[str]) -> Tuple[str, str]:
     return model, model_provider
 
 
-def _check_pkg(pkg: str) -> None:
+def _check_pkg(pkg: str, *, pkg_kebab: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
     if not util.find_spec(pkg):
-        pkg_kebab = pkg.replace("_", "-")
+        pkg_kebab = pkg_kebab if pkg_kebab is not None else pkg.replace("_", "-")
         raise ImportError(
-            f"Unable to import {pkg_kebab}. Please install with "
-            f"`pip install -U {pkg_kebab}`"
+            f"Unable to import {pkg}. Please install with `pip install -U {pkg_kebab}`"
         )
 
 
diff --git a/libs/partners/deepseek/poetry.lock b/libs/partners/deepseek/poetry.lock
index ddc85154b3f..db4ca5709ca 100644
--- a/libs/partners/deepseek/poetry.lock
+++ b/libs/partners/deepseek/poetry.lock
@@ -1073,6 +1073,20 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 pytest = ">=6.2.5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-timeout"
+version = "2.3.1"
+description = "pytest plugin to abort hanging tests"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-timeout-2.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:12397729125c6ecbdaca01035b9e5239d4db97352320af155b3f5de1ba5165d9"},
+    {file = "pytest_timeout-2.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:68188cb703edfc6a18fad98dc25a3c61e9f24d644b0b70f33af545219fc7813e"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=7.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-watcher"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1649,4 +1663,4 @@ cffi = ["cffi (>=1.11)"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.9,<4.0"
-content-hash = "7c03a9a824974f7e2cd363082dc2f1163488749db15f73e7b6326508c07633ae"
+content-hash = "9c889754b3cb5e1044c6f7eeab3a5e4857179762c18a6d378fbb1ba72ab5b08b"
diff --git a/libs/partners/deepseek/pyproject.toml b/libs/partners/deepseek/pyproject.toml
index 9d7e74080e5..ba8f2ee61ef 100644
--- a/libs/partners/deepseek/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/partners/deepseek/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pytest-socket = "^0.7.0"
 pytest-watcher = "^0.3.4"
 langchain-tests = "^0.3.5"
 langchain-openai = { path = "../openai" }
+pytest-timeout = "^2.3.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.codespell.dependencies]
 codespell = "^2.2.6"
diff --git a/libs/partners/deepseek/tests/integration_tests/test_chat_models.py b/libs/partners/deepseek/tests/integration_tests/test_chat_models.py
index d986edb58e9..3655bca1b3b 100644
--- a/libs/partners/deepseek/tests/integration_tests/test_chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/partners/deepseek/tests/integration_tests/test_chat_models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from typing import Type
 
+import pytest
 from langchain_tests.integration_tests import ChatModelIntegrationTests
 
 from langchain_deepseek.chat_models import ChatDeepSeek
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class TestChatDeepSeek(ChatModelIntegrationTests):
         }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Reasoning API is down")
 def test_reasoning_content() -> None:
     """Test reasoning content."""
     chat_model = ChatDeepSeek(model="deepseek-reasoner")