diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
index f91ea3e60e0e..166e0d4c7266 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pnpmDeps = pnpm.fetchDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
     hash = "...";
-    fetcherVersion = 1;
+    fetcherVersion = 2;
   };
 })
 ```
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ Changes can include workarounds or bug fixes to existing PNPM issues.
 ##### Version history {#javascript-pnpm-fetcherVersion-versionHistory}
 
 - 1: Initial version, nothing special
+- 2: [Ensure consistent permissions](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/422975)
 
 ### Yarn {#javascript-yarn}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
index 3d784c5eab9e..164feec97923 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
@@ -118,6 +118,23 @@ in
               jq --sort-keys "del(.. | .checkedAt?)" $f | sponge $f
             done
 
+            # Ensure consistent permissions
+            # NOTE: For reasons not yet fully understood, pnpm might create files with
+            # inconsistent permissions, for example inside the ubuntu-24.04
+            # github actions runner.
+            # To ensure stable derivations, we need to set permissions
+            # consistently, namely:
+            # * All files with `-exec` suffix have 555.
+            # * All other files have 444.
+            # * All folders have 555.
+            # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/350063
+            # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/422889
+            if [[ ${toString fetcherVersion} -ge 2 ]]; then
+              find $out -type f -name "*-exec" -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 555
+              find $out -type f -not -name "*-exec" -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 444
+              find $out -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 555
+            fi
+
             runHook postFixup
           '';