diff --git a/patches/sponsorkit@17.1.0.patch b/patches/sponsorkit@17.1.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2ca6aa56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/sponsorkit@17.1.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/dist/shared/sponsorkit.D4Gzyh4z.mjs b/dist/shared/sponsorkit.D4Gzyh4z.mjs
+index f7e74b63ff2ed0b206a184722aa1d61c86963377..e4f29889f5f1518023b6f4822195a53bb597e8c5 100644
+--- a/dist/shared/sponsorkit.D4Gzyh4z.mjs
++++ b/dist/shared/sponsorkit.D4Gzyh4z.mjs
+@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ async function fetchOpenCollectiveSponsors(key, id, slug, githubHandle, includeP
+         method: "POST",
+         body: { query },
+         headers: {
+-          "Api-Key": `${key}`,
++          "Personal-Token": `${key}`,
+           "Content-Type": "application/json"
+         }
+       });
+@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ async function fetchOpenCollectiveSponsors(key, id, slug, githubHandle, includeP
+       method: "POST",
+       body: { query },
+       headers: {
+-        "Api-Key": `${key}`,
++        "Personal-Token": `${key}`,
+         "Content-Type": "application/json"
+       }
+     });
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 393a13a94..a11a7bf08 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ patchedDependencies:
   pixi-live2d-display:
     hash: 122ac09349321d5bfe9d9817aa095cd1c9c4132af86345aa9e27ba8b63dadf2c
     path: patches/pixi-live2d-display.patch
+  sponsorkit@17.1.0:
+    hash: f5887da52a29ae85732e01644d05c0c274231fe76b95aebeafbfab6dc4444f88
+    path: patches/sponsorkit@17.1.0.patch
 
 importers:
 
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ importers:
         version: 2.13.1
       sponsorkit:
         specifier: ^17.1.0
-        version: 17.1.0
+        version: 17.1.0(patch_hash=f5887da52a29ae85732e01644d05c0c274231fe76b95aebeafbfab6dc4444f88)
       sponsors-svg:
         specifier: ^0.3.0
         version: 0.3.0
@@ -32096,7 +32099,7 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       vue: 3.5.32(typescript@5.9.3)
 
-  sponsorkit@17.1.0:
+  sponsorkit@17.1.0(patch_hash=f5887da52a29ae85732e01644d05c0c274231fe76b95aebeafbfab6dc4444f88):
     dependencies:
       ansis: 4.2.0
       cac: 6.7.14
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 0fb180abe..639b5d232 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ patchedDependencies:
   '@xsai/stream-text@0.5.0-beta.2': patches/@xsai__stream-text@0.5.0-beta.2.patch
   mineflayer-pathfinder: patches/mineflayer-pathfinder.patch
   pixi-live2d-display: patches/pixi-live2d-display.patch
+  sponsorkit@17.1.0: patches/sponsorkit@17.1.0.patch
 catalog:
   '@ax-llm/ax': ^19.0.43
   '@better-auth/oauth-provider': 1.5.6
diff --git a/scripts/sponsorkit/sponsorkitOpenCollectivePatch.test.js b/scripts/sponsorkit/sponsorkitOpenCollectivePatch.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..615ed7225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sponsorkit/sponsorkitOpenCollectivePatch.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { ProvidersMap } from 'sponsorkit'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+/**
+ * Creates a minimal OpenCollective GraphQL response for SponsorKit's fetch flow.
+ *
+ * @param {'orders' | 'transactions'} nodeType - The OpenCollective connection requested by SponsorKit.
+ */
+function createGraphqlResponse(nodeType) {
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({
+    data: {
+      account: {
+        [nodeType]: {
+          nodes: [],
+          totalCount: 0,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }), {
+    headers: {
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes fetch init headers so the test can assert browser-style header names.
+ *
+ * @param {HeadersInit | undefined} headers - Headers passed by ofetch to the platform fetch API.
+ */
+function normalizeHeaders(headers) {
+  return new Headers(headers)
+}
+
+/**
+ * @example SponsorKit sends OpenCollective personal tokens through the documented HTTP header.
+ */
+describe('sponsorKit OpenCollective pnpm patch', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  })
+
+  /**
+   * @example A personal token is sent as Personal-Token, not as the legacy Api-Key header.
+   */
+  it('uses the OpenCollective Personal-Token header for GraphQL requests', async () => {
+    const requests = []
+
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn(async (url, init) => {
+      requests.push({
+        url,
+        headers: normalizeHeaders(init?.headers),
+      })
+
+      return createGraphqlResponse(requests.length === 1 ? 'orders' : 'transactions')
+    }))
+
+    await ProvidersMap.opencollective.fetchSponsors({
+      includePastSponsors: true,
+      opencollective: {
+        key: 'personal-token-example',
+        slug: 'proj-airi',
+      },
+    })
+
+    /**
+     * @example expect SponsorKit to request both OpenCollective orders and transactions.
+     */
+    expect(requests).toHaveLength(2)
+
+    for (const request of requests) {
+      /**
+       * @example expect every GraphQL request to use OpenCollective's Personal-Token auth header.
+       */
+      expect(request.headers.get('Personal-Token')).toBe('personal-token-example')
+
+      /**
+       * @example expect SponsorKit not to send the deprecated Api-Key header for personal tokens.
+       */
+      expect(request.headers.has('Api-Key')).toBe(false)
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/scripts/sponsorkit/vitest.config.ts b/scripts/sponsorkit/vitest.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b1c323fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sponsorkit/vitest.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    environment: 'node',
+  },
+})