From 30566198cb2d05201625f92b660a34c38ffe2dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anthony sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:45:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix `language: node` for hooks with build scripts and npm
 11.x

---
 pre_commit/languages/node.py |  5 ++++-
 tests/languages/node_test.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pre_commit/languages/node.py b/pre_commit/languages/node.py
index 304fdcdd8..17b7393ab 100644
--- a/pre_commit/languages/node.py
+++ b/pre_commit/languages/node.py
@@ -99,5 +99,8 @@ def install_environment(
     cmd_output_b(*cmd)
 
     with in_env(prefix, version):
-        install = ('npm', 'install', '--allow-git=root', '-g', *pkgs)
+        install = (
+            'npm', 'install', '--allow-git=root', '--install-links', '-g',
+            *pkgs,
+        )
         lang_base.setup_cmd(prefix, install)
diff --git a/tests/languages/node_test.py b/tests/languages/node_test.py
index 0fb84a916..778501a69 100644
--- a/tests/languages/node_test.py
+++ b/tests/languages/node_test.py
@@ -158,6 +158,21 @@ def test_node_hook_versions(tmp_path, version):
     assert ret == (0, b'Hello World\n')
 
 
+def test_npm_install_succeeds_with_build(tmp_path):
+    _make_hello_world(tmp_path)
+
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath('package.json')) as f:
+        contents = json.load(f)
+    contents['scripts'] = {'build': 'echo hello hello'}
+    with open(tmp_path.joinpath('package.json'), 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(contents, f)
+    _make_repo(tmp_path)
+
+    # node version chosen to be npm 11.19.0 with this particular bug
+    ret = run_language(tmp_path, node, 'node-hello', version='26.7.0')
+    assert ret == (0, b'Hello World\n')
+
+
 def test_node_additional_deps(tmp_path):
     _make_local_repo(str(tmp_path))
     ret, out = run_language(tmp_path, node, 'npm ls -g', deps=('lodash',))

From 9767b6c8211a6bf683875a0afcf2b390457a4b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anthony sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:06:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] v4.6.2

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++
 setup.cfg    |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c31f6dbd6..dfd8a1e24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+4.6.2 - 2026-08-10
+==================
+
+### Fixes
+- Fix `language: node` hooks that contain `"scripts": {"build": ...}` with
+  npm 11.x.
+    - Regressed in 4.6.1.
+    - #3737 issue by @mheiges.
+    - #3743 PR by @asottile.
+
 4.6.1 - 2026-07-21
 ==================
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5d4ef5b2c..6113e6973 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = pre_commit
-version = 4.6.1
+version = 4.6.2
 description = A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown