diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-nodejs-wheel-binaries.yml b/.github/workflows/build-nodejs-wheel-binaries.yml
index 2651a0c0f..128c699c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-nodejs-wheel-binaries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-nodejs-wheel-binaries.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ jobs:
           only: cp312-manylinux_riscv64
         env:
           CIBW_MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE: ${{ env.MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE }}
+          # The riscv64 OpenSSL patch leaves the checkout dirty relative to
+          # the tag, so setuptools_scm (via scikit-build-core) would
+          # otherwise compute a dev version (observed: published wheels came
+          # out as 24.19.1.dev0+g<hash>.d<date> instead of the clean 24.19.0).
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${{ env.NODEJS_WHEEL_BINARIES_VERSION }}
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
         with: