@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 -   Add the `stylelint-scss` dependency, a peer of `@wordpress/stylelint-config` ([#83765](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/83765)).
+-   `build`, `start` and `lint-pkg-json`: Resolve the default browserslist and npm-package-json-lint configs when dependencies are not hoisted to the project root (npm `install-strategy=linked`, pnpm). `lint-pkg-json` now defaults to `config/npmpackagejsonlint.js`; `config/npmpackagejsonlint.json` stays for projects that reference it ([#83902](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/83902)).
 
 ## 36.0.0 (2026-09-23)
 
 
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// A JSON `extends` resolves from the linted package, not from this file.
+module.exports = require( '@wordpress/npm-package-json-lint-config' );
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+const require = createRequire( import.meta.url );
+
+const configDirectory = path.resolve(
+	path.dirname( fileURLToPath( import.meta.url ) ),
+	'..'
+);
+
+describe( 'shipped configs', () => {
+	it( 'inlines the npm-package-json-lint preset instead of extending it', () => {
+		const config = require(
+			path.join( configDirectory, 'npmpackagejsonlint.js' )
+		);
+
+		expect( config ).not.toHaveProperty( 'extends' );
+		expect( config ).toEqual(
+			require( '@wordpress/npm-package-json-lint-config' )
+		);
+	} );
+} );
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } = require( 'webpack-bundle-analyzer' );
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require( 'copy-webpack-plugin' );
 const webpack = require( 'webpack' );
 const browserslist = require( 'browserslist' );
+const browserslistConfig = require( '@wordpress/browserslist-config' );
 const MiniCSSExtractPlugin = require( 'mini-css-extract-plugin' );
 const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require( '@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin' );
 const TerserPlugin = require( 'terser-webpack-plugin' );
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ const postcssPlugins = require( '@wordpress/postcss-plugins-preset' );
 const PhpFilePathsPlugin = require( '../plugins/php-file-paths-plugin' );
 const RtlCssPlugin = require( '../plugins/rtlcss-webpack-plugin' );
 const {
-	fromConfigRoot,
 	hasBabelConfig,
 	hasArgInCLI,
 	hasCssnanoConfig,
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 const mode = isProduction ? 'production' : 'development';
 let target = 'browserslist';
 if ( ! browserslist.findConfig( '.' ) ) {
-	target += ':' + fromConfigRoot( '.browserslistrc' );
+	// Pass queries, not a config `extends`, which resolves from the consumer's cwd.
+	target += ':' + browserslistConfig.join( ', ' );
 }
 const hasReactFastRefresh = hasArgInCLI( '--hot' ) && ! isProduction;
 const hasBlocksManifest = getAsBooleanFromENV( 'WP_BLOCKS_MANIFEST' );
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const hasLintConfig =
 	hasPackageProp( 'npmPackageJsonLintConfig' );
 
 const defaultConfigArgs = ! hasLintConfig
-	? [ '--configFile', fromConfigRoot( 'npmpackagejsonlint.json' ) ]
+	? [ '--configFile', fromConfigRoot( 'npmpackagejsonlint.js' ) ]
 	: [];
 
 // See: https://github.com/tclindner/npm-package-json-lint/#cli-commands-and-configuration.
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	`1`	+// A JSON `extends` resolves from the linted package, not from this file.
	`2`	`+module.exports = require( '@wordpress/npm-package-json-lint-config' );`