diff --git a/waspc/cli/exe/Main.hs b/waspc/cli/exe/Main.hs
index b53e4f67f..8e2c65404 100644
--- a/waspc/cli/exe/Main.hs
+++ b/waspc/cli/exe/Main.hs
@@ -142,7 +142,13 @@ setDefaultCliEnvVars = do
   mapM_ (uncurry Env.setEnv) cliEnvVars
   where
     cliEnvVars :: [(String, String)]
-    cliEnvVars = [("PRISMA_HIDE_UPDATE_MESSAGE", "true")]
+    cliEnvVars =
+      [ ("PRISMA_HIDE_UPDATE_MESSAGE", "true"),
+        -- NOTE: We were getting errors from Prisma v4 related to their Checkpoint system
+        -- (which checks for updates that we don't want anyway), so now by default
+        -- we turn it off. Once we switch to Prisma v5, try removing this.
+        ("CHECKPOINT_DISABLE", "1")
+      ]
 
 {- ORMOLU_DISABLE -}
 printUsage :: IO ()