diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 451181a9d..1113b071c 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 nodeLinker: hoisted
 engineStrict: true
 
+# Disable pnpm 11's pre-script `verify-deps-before-run` install pass. Without
+# this, the `npm version` step in `on-release.yml` / `pr-build-test.yml`
+# (which mutates `package.json`) makes the next `pnpm run publish` /
+# `pnpm run make` trigger a second install pass that re-resolves overrides
+# and reruns `postinstall: electron-rebuild`. On the `ubuntu-24.04-arm`
+# runner that second pass hangs at end-of-install ~90% of the time in
+# interruptible sleep at ~600MB RSS, blocking the job for 30+ min and
+# producing silent cancels (see v0.35.0-rc.0 through v0.35.3-rc.1).
+# v0.34.x ran on pnpm 10.33.0 which didn't have this setting and shipped
+# arm releases first-try every time — disabling it on pnpm 11.x replicates
+# that behavior without touching the lockfile or override resolution.
+verifyDepsBeforeRun: false
+
 allowBuilds:
   '@sentry/cli': true
   '@swc/core': true