diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
index bde68f2fa1db0..f299743983047 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildNpmPackage,
   fetchNpmDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  nodejs_22,
   pkg-config,
   node-gyp,
   vips,
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     patches = [ ./0004-fix-deps-v080.patch ];
   };
 
+  # npm dependency install fails with nodejs_24: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/474535
+  nodejs = nodejs_22;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     node-gyp