diff --git a/.changeset/optional-bindings-peer.md b/.changeset/optional-bindings-peer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6931954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/optional-bindings-peer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+"@xmtp/convos-cli": patch
+---
+
+Mark the `@xmtp/node-bindings` peer dependency as optional.
+
+convos-cli only ever imports types from `@xmtp/node-bindings`; at runtime the
+bindings arrive through `@xmtp/node-sdk`'s exact-pinned dependency. A required
+peer makes pnpm's `autoInstallPeers` fetch a second, registry-latest bindings
+build in workspaces that pin bindings only via `pnpm.overrides` — a native
+addon compiled against a different node-sdk than the one in the tree. Optional
+peers are never auto-installed and still resolve to the single in-graph
+bindings, so type imports keep working and the sdk/bindings compile contract
+stays intact.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index beae91e..420a765 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
     "@xmtp/node-bindings": ">=1.11.0-dev <1.13.0",
     "@xmtp/node-sdk": ">=6.0.0-dev <6.3.0"
   },
+  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+    "@xmtp/node-bindings": {
+      "optional": true
+    }
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.7.0",
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.31.0",