diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
index 45708a641bd2..ee14c33ed65f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/anytype/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildNpmPackage,
+  nodejs_22,
   pkg-config,
   anytype-heart,
   libsecret,
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-hJJK/RJnSm8QpjGcnxUsemrAsRNYCHSGSH8iUZZYXJI=";
 
+  # npm dependency install fails with nodejs_24: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/474535
+  nodejs = nodejs_22;
+
   env = {
     ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = "1";
   };