diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 2ea36a5..fc3f130 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 ## Pending
 
 
+### Fixes
+
+- disable dees-catalog build scripts in workspace config (pnpm-workspace)
+  - Adds @design.estate/dees-catalog to pnpm allowBuilds with a false value to explicitly prevent its build scripts from running.
+
 ## 2026-05-25 - 2.1.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index affdf85..8455f80 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 allowBuilds:
+  '@design.estate/dees-catalog': false
   esbuild: true
 ignoredBuiltDependencies:
   - '@design.estate/dees-catalog'