diff --git a/ui/desktop/.npmrc b/ui/desktop/.npmrc
index b798995bd4..c3e86430ec 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/.npmrc
+++ b/ui/desktop/.npmrc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/
+prefer-offline=true
 node-linker=hoisted
 supportedArchitectures.os=current,linux,darwin,win32
 supportedArchitectures.cpu=current,x64,arm64
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