## TL;DR

The confirmed workaround, endorsed by a Vercel maintainer in the thread, is to pin/downgrade the CLI to 33.2.0 until a fixed release lands. This was a regression in Vercel CLI 33.3.0. Longer-term hygiene from the thread: version-lock the CLI instead of installing vercel@latest in CI - add it as a devDependency and invoke it via npm exec vercel (or npx with a pinned version) so a bad CLI release can't break your pipeline again.

## When to use

You are seeing this: This was a regression in Vercel CLI 33.3.0. Use this skill when you run into "Vercel CLI 33.3.0 broke "vercel deploy --prebuilt" in monorepo: ENOENT lstat node_modules".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: CLI 33.3.0, 33.2.0. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Steps

1. This was a regression in Vercel CLI 33.3.0. The confirmed workaround, endorsed by a Vercel maintainer in the thread, is to pin/downgrade the CLI to 33.2.0 until a fixed release lands. Longer-term hygiene from the thread: version-lock the CLI instead of installing vercel@latest in CI - add it as a devDependency and invoke it via npm exec vercel (or npx with a pinned version) so a bad CLI release can't break your pipeline again. Also make sure the .next/ build output (including .next/build-manifest.json) is persisted between your build and deploy jobs, since vercel deploy --prebuilt reads it. Source: https://github.com/vercel/vercel/issues/11097

## Edge cases

- Also make sure the.next/ build output (including.next/build-manifest.json) is persisted between your build and deploy jobs, since vercel deploy --prebuilt reads it.

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_iY_aWNRKRv5qtUGmJ2l39w/versions/skv_wYZakJCXInzNh5H42IJSQA>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_iY_aWNRKRv5qtUGmJ2l39w>
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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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