diff --git a/apps/desktop/package.json b/apps/desktop/package.json
index f36d01cb2..ce3c52c7d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/package.json
+++ b/apps/desktop/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "cache": true,
         "configurations": {
           "default": {
-            "command": "electron-rebuild -f dist/main.js -m dist",
+            "command": "cross-env DEBUG=* tsx scripts/rebuild.ts",
             "cwd": "{projectRoot}"
           },
           "nixos": {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.ts b/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f7d0c6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * @module
+ *
+ * This script is used internally by the `rebuild-deps` target of the `desktop`. Normally we could use
+ * `electron-rebuild` CLI directly, but it would rebuild the monorepo-level dependencies and breaks
+ * the server build (and it doesn't expose a CLI option to override this).
+ */
+
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { dirname, join } from "path";
+import rebuild from "@electron/rebuild"
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+
+const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootDir = join(scriptDir, "..");
+
+function getElectronVersion() {
+    const packageJsonPath = join(rootDir, "package.json");
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8"));
+    return packageJson.devDependencies.electron;
+}
+
+function main() {
+    const distDir = join(rootDir, "dist");
+
+    rebuild({
+        // We force the project root path to avoid electron-rebuild from rebuilding the monorepo-level dependency and breaking the server.
+        projectRootPath: distDir,
+        buildPath: distDir,
+        force: true,
+        electronVersion: getElectronVersion(),
+    });
+}
+
+main();