diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qw/qwen-code/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qw/qwen-code/package.nix
index 53f9d474bc31..6d1a4bfbb252 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qw/qwen-code/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qw/qwen-code/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
+  nodejs_22,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nix-update-script,
   jq,
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   npmDepsHash = "sha256-SPb+TSi4MCiAr9ruS1Idg3KfTbX6gtMK7f/+vdnabt8=";
 
+  # npm 11 incompatible with fetchNpmDeps
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/474535
+  nodejs = nodejs_22;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     jq
     pkg-config