diff --git a/distribution/api/fetch.js b/distribution/api/fetch.js
index 2814d327173abcaf0ee4e162716806c1e2840956..3d1bc2ace274966ac23f865554f0cb027e10930e 100644
--- a/distribution/api/fetch.js
+++ b/distribution/api/fetch.js
@@ -168,6 +168,12 @@ function api(url, init, suppressErrorReporting, processEnv) {
         var secure = url.toString().startsWith("https");
         init.agent = secure ? new https_proxy_agent_1.HttpsProxyAgent(proxy) : new http_proxy_agent_1.HttpProxyAgent(proxy);
     }
+    // Decline gzip so node-fetch@2 doesn't false-positive ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE
+    // on Node 24.17.0+ (keep-alive idle-socket 'data' listener misread as unclean close).
+    // Backport of danger/danger-js#1516 — drop this patch once it ships in a release.
+    if (init.compress === undefined) {
+        init.compress = false;
+    }
     return retryableFetch(url, init).then(function (response) { return __awaiter(_this, void 0, void 0, function () {
         var clonedResponse, responseBody, responseJSON, e_1;
         return __generator(this, function (_a) {