diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8ad1d8f..a758f7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -209,13 +209,15 @@ jobs:
           if [[ "${{ steps.detect.outputs.is_tag }}" == "true" ]]; then
             NPM_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}"
             NPM_TAG="latest"
-            GHOSTTY_WEB_DEP="latest"
+            # Pin to exact version to avoid npx cache issues with transitive deps
+            GHOSTTY_WEB_DEP="${BASE_VERSION}"
           else
             GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
             COMMITS_SINCE_TAG=$(git rev-list --count HEAD ^$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo HEAD) 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
             NPM_VERSION="${BASE_VERSION}-next.${COMMITS_SINCE_TAG}.g${GIT_COMMIT}"
             NPM_TAG="next"
-            GHOSTTY_WEB_DEP="next"
+            # Pin to exact version to avoid npx cache issues with transitive deps
+            GHOSTTY_WEB_DEP="${NPM_VERSION}"
           fi
 
           echo "version=${NPM_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT