diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8cdf1ba7d0..4e63461ac5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 ### :bug: Bugs fixed
 
+- Remove `corepack` from the MCP local launcher so it runs on Node.js 25+, where corepack is no longer bundled [Github #8877](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/8877)
 - Fix Copy as SVG: emit a single valid SVG document when multiple shapes are selected, and publish `image/svg+xml` to the clipboard so the paste target works in Inkscape and other SVG-native tools [Github #838](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/838)
 - Reset profile submenu state when the account menu closes (by @eureka0928) [Github #8947](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/8947)
 - Add export panel to inspect styles tab [Taiga #13582](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/13582)
diff --git a/mcp/bin/mcp-local.js b/mcp/bin/mcp-local.js
index 65a2b0f763..b77b245dea 100644
--- a/mcp/bin/mcp-local.js
+++ b/mcp/bin/mcp-local.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 
 const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+const pkg = require(path.join(root, "package.json"));
+
+function pnpmVersion() {
+  const match = (pkg.packageManager || "").match(/^pnpm@([^+]+)/);
+  return match ? match[1] : "latest";
+}
 
 function run(command) {
   execSync(command, { cwd: root, stdio: "inherit" });
@@ -19,13 +25,7 @@ if (fs.existsSync(distLock)) {
 }
 
 try {
-  run("corepack pnpm run bootstrap");
+  run(`npx -y pnpm@${pnpmVersion()} run bootstrap`);
 } catch (error) {
-  if (error.code === "ENOENT") {
-    console.error(
-      "corepack is required but was not found. It ships with Node.js >= 16."
-    );
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
   process.exit(error.status ?? 1);
 }