diff --git a/.changeset/neat-mirrors-rush.md b/.changeset/neat-mirrors-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2315b1cee766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/neat-mirrors-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@sveltejs/package": patch
+---
+
+chore: update to chokidar 4.0.3
diff --git a/packages/package/package.json b/packages/package/package.json
index 8f2b68d0f04a..1b833fa63c94 100644
--- a/packages/package/package.json
+++ b/packages/package/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	"homepage": "https://svelte.dev",
 	"type": "module",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"chokidar": "^4.0.0",
+		"chokidar": "^4.0.3",
 		"kleur": "^4.1.5",
 		"sade": "^1.8.1",
 		"semver": "^7.5.4",
diff --git a/packages/package/src/index.js b/packages/package/src/index.js
index 2630e657cdb5..1f25fb3b0eab 100644
--- a/packages/package/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/package/src/index.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export async function watch(options) {
 	let timeout;
 
 	const watcher = chokidar.watch(input, { ignoreInitial: true });
+	/** @type {Promise<void>} */
 	const ready = new Promise((resolve) => watcher.on('ready', resolve));
 
 	watcher.on('all', (type, filepath) => {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f7795edd7fa3..e918a1764f38 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1058,8 +1058,8 @@ importers:
   packages/package:
     dependencies:
       chokidar:
-        specifier: ^4.0.0
-        version: 4.0.1
+        specifier: ^4.0.3
+        version: 4.0.3
       kleur:
         specifier: ^4.1.5
         version: 4.1.5
@@ -2228,8 +2228,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-OAlb+T7V4Op9OwdkjmguYRqncdlx5JiofwOAUkmTF+jNdHwzTaTs4sRAGpzLF3oOz5xAyDGrPgeIDFQmDOTiJw==}
     engines: {node: '>= 16'}
 
-  chokidar@4.0.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-n8enUVCED/KVRQlab1hr3MVpcVMvxtZjmEa956u+4YijlmQED223XMSYj2tLuKvr4jcCTzNNMpQDUer72MMmzA==}
+  chokidar@4.0.3:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Qgzu8kfBvo+cA4962jnP1KkS6Dop5NS6g7R5LFYJr4b8Ub94PPQXUksCw9PvXoeXPRRddRNC5C1JQUR2SMGtnA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 14.16.0'}
 
   chownr@3.0.0:
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   check-error@2.1.1: {}
 
-  chokidar@4.0.1:
+  chokidar@4.0.3:
     dependencies:
       readdirp: 4.0.1
 
@@ -5783,7 +5783,7 @@ snapshots:
   svelte-check@4.1.1(picomatch@4.0.2)(svelte@5.2.9)(typescript@5.6.3):
     dependencies:
       '@jridgewell/trace-mapping': 0.3.25
-      chokidar: 4.0.1
+      chokidar: 4.0.3
       fdir: 6.4.0(picomatch@4.0.2)
       picocolors: 1.1.1
       sade: 1.8.1
@@ -6058,7 +6058,7 @@ snapshots:
       '@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill': 0.2.3(esbuild@0.17.19)
       '@esbuild-plugins/node-modules-polyfill': 0.2.2(esbuild@0.17.19)
       blake3-wasm: 2.1.5
-      chokidar: 4.0.1
+      chokidar: 4.0.3
       date-fns: 4.1.0
       esbuild: 0.17.19
       itty-time: 1.0.6