diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
index ea7e4c6316ce..a9f151372508 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/javascript.section.md
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
     inherit pnpm;
-    fetcherVersion = 3;
+    fetcherVersion = 4;
     hash = "...";
   };
 })
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ It is highly recommended to use a pinned version of pnpm (i.e., `pnpm_9` or `pnp
    pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
      inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
 +    pnpm = pnpm_10;
-     fetcherVersion = 3;
+     fetcherVersion = 4;
      hash = "...";
    };
  })
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ This is the version of the output of `fetchPnpmDeps`. New packages should use `3
   # ...
   pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
     # ...
-    fetcherVersion = 3;
+    fetcherVersion = 4;
     hash = "..."; # clear this hash and generate a new one
   };
 }
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ Version 3 is the recommended value for new packages. Versions 1 and 2 are deprec
 - 1: Initial version, nothing special.
 - 2: [Ensure consistent permissions](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/422975)
 - 3: [Build a reproducible tarball](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/469950)
+- 4: [Dump SQLite database to an SQL file](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/522703)
 
 ### Yarn {#javascript-yarn}
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/default.nix
index 46b0c67c868b..c16a8fb1f89e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   makeSetupHook,
   pnpm,
   pnpm-fixup-state-db,
+  sqlite,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   yq,
   zstd,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ let
     1 # First version. Here to preserve backwards compatibility
     2 # Ensure consistent permissions. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/422975
     3 # Build a reproducible tarball. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/469950
+    4 # Dump SQLite database to an SQL file. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/522703
   ];
 in
 {
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ in
               moreutils
               pnpm # from args
               pnpm-fixup-state-db'
+              sqlite
               writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
               yq
               zstd
@@ -172,6 +175,13 @@ in
 
               if [ -f "$storePath/v11/index.db" ]; then
                 pnpm-fixup-state-db "$storePath/v11";
+                # Dump the SQLite database to a SQL text file for reproducibility.
+                # SQLite's binary format is non-deterministic (version-valid-for number, etc),
+                # so we store the logical contents as SQL statements and reconstruct during build.
+                if [[ ${toString fetcherVersion} -ge 4 ]]; then
+                  sqlite3 "$storePath/v11/index.db" .dump > "$storePath/v11/index.db.sql"
+                  rm "$storePath/v11/index.db"
+                fi
               fi
 
               # This folder contains symlinks to /build/source which we don't need
@@ -231,6 +241,7 @@ in
   pnpmConfigHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "pnpm-config-hook";
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
+      sqlite
       writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
       zstd
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
index f9c19341d00b..b46419d9cad8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/fetch-pnpm-deps/pnpm-config-hook.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ pnpmConfigHook() {
 
     chmod -R +w "$STORE_PATH"
 
+    # Reconstruct the SQLite database from the SQL dump if needed.
+    # The fetch phase stores a text SQL dump instead of the binary db
+    # to ensure reproducibility across platforms.
+    if [ -f "$STORE_PATH/v11/index.db.sql" ]; then
+      sqlite3 "$STORE_PATH/v11/index.db" < "$STORE_PATH/v11/index.db.sql"
+      rm "$STORE_PATH/v11/index.db.sql"
+    fi
+
     pnpm config set store-dir "$STORE_PATH"
 
     # Prevent hard linking on file systems without clone support.