diff --git a/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch b/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
index 95e3519fe21..3c38e546c89 100644
--- a/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
+++ b/config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index 855bd4b86f0a3c18c7594212c0e42b6e35bc4001..5f15551cb1520af996f216500a83ac68
        "target_name": "windows_process_tree",
        "dependencies": [
 -        "<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').targets\"):node_addon_api_except",
-+        "node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",
++        "../../node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",
        ],
        "conditions": [
          ['OS==\"win\"', {
diff --git a/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs b/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
index 769460e8c7d..eb60430f482 100644
--- a/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function assertPatchApplied() {
         'config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch; run pnpm install.'
     )
   }
-  if (!bindingGyp.includes('node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')) {
+  if (!bindingGyp.includes('../../node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')) {
     throw new Error(
       'binding.gyp still uses a dynamic node-addon-api path. The local package path avoids ' +
         'pnpm store and Windows drive-letter normalization issues. ' +
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ function applyWindowsProcessTreeBuildFixes() {
   const originalBinding = bindingGyp
   const originalProcess = processCc
 
-  const localDependency = 'node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except'
+  const localDependency = '../../node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except'
   for (const dynamicDependency of [
     String.raw`<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').targets\"):node_addon_api_except`,
     String.raw`<!(node -p \"require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')\"):node_addon_api_except`
diff --git a/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs b/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
index 735e03df0ba..23caa2cf5e2 100644
--- a/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/windows-process-tree-gyp-path.test.mjs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ const PATCH = readFileSync(
   'utf8'
 )
 const PACKAGE_DIR = join(projectDir, 'node_modules', '@vscode', 'windows-process-tree')
-const LOCAL_GYP = 'node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp'
+const LOCAL_GYP = '../../node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp'
 const RESOLVED_GYP = "require.resolve('node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp')"
 
 describe('windows-process-tree node-addon-api gyp path', () => {
   it('keeps the gyp project path local so pnpm Windows source builds find it', () => {
     expect(PATCH).toContain(
-      '+        "node_modules/node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",'
+      '+        "../../node-addon-api/node_addon_api.gyp:node_addon_api_except",'
     )
     const buildScript = readFileSync(
       join(projectDir, 'config/scripts/build-windows-process-tree-relay-addon.mjs'),
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('windows-process-tree node-addon-api gyp path', () => {
   })
 
   it('resolves node_addon_api.gyp to a real file from the package directory', () => {
+    expect(existsSync(resolve(PACKAGE_DIR, LOCAL_GYP))).toBe(true)
     const resolved = execFileSync(process.execPath, ['-p', RESOLVED_GYP], {
       cwd: PACKAGE_DIR,
       encoding: 'utf8'
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8a07ec53f93..6dab187c3ae 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ overrides:
 
 patchedDependencies:
   '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0':
-    hash: 78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7
+    hash: 0df1b8fb1db110383f88ff947d79ad29579709a347a7be03792e5f347c407929
     path: config/patches/@vscode__windows-process-tree@0.8.0.patch
   '@xterm/addon-ligatures@0.11.0-beta.287':
     hash: 47405b9994b5acf1b4e90b49250358c1ca03649854d59560e7732b72fe336920
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ importers:
     optionalDependencies:
       '@vscode/windows-process-tree':
         specifier: 0.8.0
-        version: 0.8.0(patch_hash=78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7)
+        version: 0.8.0(patch_hash=0df1b8fb1db110383f88ff947d79ad29579709a347a7be03792e5f347c407929)
       sherpa-onnx-darwin-arm64:
         specifier: 1.12.37
         version: 1.12.37
@@ -9606,7 +9606,7 @@ snapshots:
       convert-source-map: 2.0.0
       tinyrainbow: 3.1.0
 
-  '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0(patch_hash=78f9cd88b7e14e56dbe43312011d21084dd05f314171ca21a24d58d1d1ab26b7)':
+  '@vscode/windows-process-tree@0.8.0(patch_hash=0df1b8fb1db110383f88ff947d79ad29579709a347a7be03792e5f347c407929)':
     dependencies:
       node-addon-api: 7.1.0
     optional: true