diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 57be84743..ca14f37f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Hugo
       uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@2752ce1d29631191ea3f27c23495fa06139a5b78 # v3.2.1
       with:
-        hugo-version: '0.165.0'
+        hugo-version: '0.166.0'
         extended: true
     - uses: pnpm/action-setup@0e279bb959325dab635dd2c09392533439d90093 # v6.0.8
     - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index e513a681f..be7f5c082 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
 # find that script; it understands a symlink but not pnpm's shim, and
 # otherwise fails with `binary "tailwindcss" is not a Node.js script`.
 preferSymlinkedExecutables: true
+
+# Lay out node_modules flat and without symlinks, like npm does. We mount
+# several node_modules packages into assets/, and Hugo (0.166+) drops any
+# mount whose source path goes through a symlink; pnpm's default isolated
+# layout links every package via node_modules/.pnpm/.
+nodeLinker: hoisted