diff --git a/patches/app-builder-lib.patch b/patches/app-builder-lib.patch
index c698f4678d..043f97d468 100644
--- a/patches/app-builder-lib.patch
+++ b/patches/app-builder-lib.patch
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 diff --git a/out/node-module-collector/moduleManager.js b/out/node-module-collector/moduleManager.js
-index f483d9387a3270afc884b8478f19dd2825477a04..a6b2a28befda5881e45368a07ae793f64f4aed41 100644
+index f483d9387a3270afc884b8478f19dd2825477a04..a718d92825b4813bc27eb10775a70d8e0731fcf7 100644
 --- a/out/node-module-collector/moduleManager.js
 +++ b/out/node-module-collector/moduleManager.js
-@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ class ModuleManager {
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const builder_util_1 = require("builder-util");
+ const fs = require("fs-extra");
+ const path = require("path");
+ const semver = require("semver");
++const searchModule = require("../electron/search-module");
+ var LogMessageByKey;
+ (function (LogMessageByKey) {
+     LogMessageByKey["PKG_DUPLICATE_REF"] = "duplicate dependency references";
+@@ -115,8 +116,12 @@ class ModuleManager {
                  return { packageDir: path.dirname(direct), packageJson: json };
              }
          }
 -        // 2) upward hoisted search, then 3) downward non-hoisted search
 -        return (await this.upwardSearch(parentDir, pkgName, requiredRange)) || (await this.downwardSearch(parentDir, pkgName, requiredRange)) || null;
-+        return (await this.upwardSearch(parentDir, pkgName, requiredRange)) || null;
++        // 2) upward hoisted search, then 3) downward non-hoisted search, then 4) downward from workspace root
++        const workspaceRoot = await searchModule.getProjectRootPath(parentDir);
++        return (await this.upwardSearch(parentDir, pkgName, requiredRange)) ||
++            (await this.downwardSearch(parentDir, pkgName, requiredRange)) ||
++            (await this.downwardSearch(workspaceRoot, pkgName, requiredRange)) ||
++            null;
      }
      semverSatisfies(found, range) {
          if ((0, builder_util_1.isEmptyOrSpaces)(range) || range === "*") {
-@@ -157,6 +156,9 @@ class ModuleManager {
-         let current = path.resolve(parentDir);
-         const root = path.parse(current).root;
-         while (true) {
-+            const pkg = await this.downwardSearch(current, pkgName, requiredRange);
-+            if (pkg) return pkg;
-+
-             const candidate = path.join(current, "node_modules", pkgName, "package.json");
-             if (await this.exists[candidate]) {
-                 const json = await this.json[candidate];
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index fcb55c2f44..62a1a083e5 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ patchedDependencies:
     hash: 7bdf6150f2905bc2f055a6bcaa7b9d78fa7ffde82e800bcc454ac7b0096bd65e
     path: patches/@vector-im__matrix-wysiwyg.patch
   app-builder-lib:
-    hash: 1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0
+    hash: 2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6
     path: patches/app-builder-lib.patch
   await-lock:
     hash: b767a571946a4f8710ac54b1a7bec8a7c1570f9b85d75922392fae20d0578964
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ importers:
         version: 8.56.1(eslint@8.57.1)(typescript@5.9.3)
       app-builder-lib:
         specifier: 26.8.2
-        version: 26.8.2(patch_hash=1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
+        version: 26.8.2(patch_hash=2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
       chokidar:
         specifier: ^5.0.0
         version: 5.0.0
@@ -17464,7 +17464,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   app-builder-bin@5.0.0-alpha.12: {}
 
-  app-builder-lib@26.8.2(patch_hash=1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2):
+  app-builder-lib@26.8.2(patch_hash=2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2):
     dependencies:
       '@develar/schema-utils': 2.6.5
       '@electron/asar': 3.4.1
@@ -18839,7 +18839,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   dmg-builder@26.8.2(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2):
     dependencies:
-      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
+      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
       builder-util: 26.8.1
       fs-extra: 10.1.0
       iconv-lite: 0.6.3
@@ -18989,7 +18989,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2(dmg-builder@26.8.2):
     dependencies:
-      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
+      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
       builder-util: 26.8.1
       electron-winstaller: 5.4.0
     transitivePeerDependencies:
@@ -18998,7 +18998,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   electron-builder@26.8.2(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2):
     dependencies:
-      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=1d15e15843e088318d05b3390c07e37d5d5fe66355da1783f5a86db93c82b9c0)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
+      app-builder-lib: 26.8.2(patch_hash=2dfb3fcdfe573cca6c248cecf63ddea5c8fa0276859695fba6c9664d0ff285d6)(dmg-builder@26.8.2)(electron-builder-squirrel-windows@26.8.2)
       builder-util: 26.8.1
       builder-util-runtime: 9.5.1
       chalk: 4.1.2