diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index c81220d1b4..7b7a1e89d2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		"type=bind,source=${localEnv:HOME}/.n8n,target=/home/node/.n8n,consistency=cached"
 	],
 	"forwardPorts": [8080, 5678],
-	"postCreateCommand": "corepack prepare --activate && pnpm install ",
+	"postCreateCommand": "corepack prepare --activate && pnpm install",
 	"postAttachCommand": "pnpm build",
 	"customizations": {
 		"codespaces": {
diff --git a/docker/images/n8n-custom/Dockerfile b/docker/images/n8n-custom/Dockerfile
index 17f0d1c517..d0c8f0b157 100644
--- a/docker/images/n8n-custom/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/images/n8n-custom/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 n8nio/base:${NODE_VERSION} AS builder
 # Build the application from source
 WORKDIR /src
 COPY . /src
-RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-store,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-metadata,target=/root/.cache/pnpm/metadata pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-store,target=/root/.local/share/pnpm/store --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-metadata,target=/root/.cache/pnpm/metadata DOCKER_BUILD=true pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 RUN pnpm build
 
 # Delete all dev dependencies
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 733edd2e24..98d9b2cc20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   },
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.6.0",
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": "lefthook install",
+    "prepare": "node scripts/prepare.mjs",
     "preinstall": "node scripts/block-npm-install.js",
     "build": "turbo run build",
     "build:backend": "turbo run build:backend",
diff --git a/packages/@n8n/benchmark/Dockerfile b/packages/@n8n/benchmark/Dockerfile
index 5fa1aeae93..9525a9a4c2 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/benchmark/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/@n8n/benchmark/Dockerfile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ COPY --chown=node:node ./packages/@n8n/benchmark/package.json /app/packages/@n8n
 COPY --chown=node:node ./patches /app/patches
 COPY --chown=node:node ./scripts /app/scripts
 
+ENV DOCKER_BUILD=true
 RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
 # TS config files
diff --git a/scripts/prepare.mjs b/scripts/prepare.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d729715347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/prepare.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+
+// Skip lefthook install in CI or Docker build
+if (process.env.CI || process.env.DOCKER_BUILD) {
+	process.exit(0);
+}
+
+execSync('./node_modules/.bin/lefthook install', { stdio: 'inherit' });