diff --git a/.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml
index 71d6cdc..e900861 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml'
       - 'apps/mobile/**'
       - 'packages/shared-types/**'
+      - 'patches/**'
       - 'eslint.config.js'
       - 'package.json'
       - 'pnpm-lock.yaml'
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/mobile-checks.yml'
       - 'apps/mobile/**'
       - 'packages/shared-types/**'
+      - 'patches/**'
       - 'eslint.config.js'
       - 'package.json'
       - 'pnpm-lock.yaml'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b330f5..bd1eca2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@
       "form-data@2": "^2.5.4",
       "tar@6": "^7.5.19",
       "tar@7": "^7.5.19",
-      "@expo/cli>tar": "^6.2.1",
       "@electron/rebuild>tar": "^6.2.1"
+    },
+    "patchedDependencies": {
+      "@expo/cli@0.22.28": "patches/@expo__cli@0.22.28.patch"
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/patches/@expo__cli@0.22.28.patch b/patches/@expo__cli@0.22.28.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23ab53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/@expo__cli@0.22.28.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/build/src/utils/npm.js b/build/src/utils/npm.js
+index b861322e982f936bd3267c507a56f48213cc3d16..fb5ddc0ff7a3f449adcb415b9833dc4d01d7b4ad 100644
+--- a/build/src/utils/npm.js
++++ b/build/src/utils/npm.js
+@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async function extractNpmTarballAsync(stream, props) {
+     transformStream.on("data", (chunk)=>{
+         hash.update(chunk);
+     });
+-    await pipeline(stream, transformStream, _tar().default.extract({
++    await pipeline(stream, transformStream, (_tar().default || _tar()).extract({
+         cwd,
+         filter,
+         onentry: (0, _createFileTransform.createEntryResolver)(name),
+diff --git a/build/src/utils/tar.js b/build/src/utils/tar.js
+index 8bf12d812646724089f6cd265b16093e8f518570..a21337968d9a9a70e83376b7aa7cc61a25be6729 100644
+--- a/build/src/utils/tar.js
++++ b/build/src/utils/tar.js
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ async function extractAsync(input, output) {
+     debug(`Extracting ${input} to ${output} using JS tar module`);
+     // tar node module has previously had problems with big files, and seems to
+     // be slower, so only use it as a backup.
+-    await _tar().default.extract({
++    await (_tar().default || _tar()).extract({
+         file: input,
+         cwd: output
+     });
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8438aca..e6dda3e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ overrides:
   form-data@2: ^2.5.4
   tar@6: ^7.5.19
   tar@7: ^7.5.19
-  '@expo/cli>tar': ^6.2.1
   '@electron/rebuild>tar': ^6.2.1
 
 packageExtensionsChecksum: 94c7b810203da23309294e145a57c29e
 
+patchedDependencies:
+  '@expo/cli@0.22.28':
+    hash: fs73wozxs3ogshmyebbg4hu7gy
+    path: patches/@expo__cli@0.22.28.patch
+
 importers:
 
   .:
@@ -10455,7 +10459,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       uuid: 8.3.2
 
-  '@expo/cli@0.22.28(encoding@0.1.13)':
+  '@expo/cli@0.22.28(patch_hash=fs73wozxs3ogshmyebbg4hu7gy)(encoding@0.1.13)':
     dependencies:
       '@0no-co/graphql.web': 1.2.0
       '@babel/runtime': 7.29.7
@@ -10521,7 +10525,7 @@ snapshots:
       source-map-support: 0.5.21
       stacktrace-parser: 0.1.11
       structured-headers: 0.4.1
-      tar: 6.2.1
+      tar: 7.5.22
       temp-dir: 2.0.0
       tempy: 0.7.1
       terminal-link: 2.1.1
@@ -14293,7 +14297,7 @@ snapshots:
   expo@52.0.49(@babel/core@7.28.6)(@babel/preset-env@7.28.6(@babel/core@7.28.6))(@expo/metro-runtime@4.0.1(react-native@0.76.9(@babel/core@7.28.6)(@babel/preset-env@7.28.6(@babel/core@7.28.6))(@types/react@18.3.31)(encoding@0.1.13)(react@18.3.1)))(encoding@0.1.13)(react-native@0.76.9(@babel/core@7.28.6)(@babel/preset-env@7.28.6(@babel/core@7.28.6))(@types/react@18.3.31)(encoding@0.1.13)(react@18.3.1))(react@18.3.1):
     dependencies:
       '@babel/runtime': 7.29.7
-      '@expo/cli': 0.22.28(encoding@0.1.13)
+      '@expo/cli': 0.22.28(patch_hash=fs73wozxs3ogshmyebbg4hu7gy)(encoding@0.1.13)
       '@expo/config': 10.0.11
       '@expo/config-plugins': 9.0.17
       '@expo/fingerprint': 0.11.11