diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e6fa3e7ad..b775c00a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4239,7 +4239,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "localsend"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/localsend/localsend?rev=ff2995c9523c5fae407f7d444d0986b2c6ae568e#ff2995c9523c5fae407f7d444d0986b2c6ae568e"
+source = "git+https://github.com/readest/localsend?rev=8802cb037fc38a92bc932681d18e7a79e813b688#8802cb037fc38a92bc932681d18e7a79e813b688"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64 0.23.1",
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/apps/readest-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index d7f384eea..9fbdc0825 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ tauri-plugin-webdriver = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 # LocalSend protocol v2.2 (discovery + HTTPS transfer). Upstream's own
 # protocol core, pinned by rev; `discovery` pulls `http`+`crypto`+`multicast`,
 # WebRTC/v3 stays off.
-localsend = { git = "https://github.com/localsend/localsend", rev = "ff2995c9523c5fae407f7d444d0986b2c6ae568e", default-features = false, features = ["discovery"] }
+#
+# Sourced from our fork, which only adds `update = none` to upstream's flutter
+# submodule. Cargo updates every submodule of a git dependency, so upstream
+# pulls the whole Flutter SDK (552 MB checked out) and blows past MAX_PATH on
+# Windows. The fork's `readest` branch tracks the same upstream rev
+# (ff2995c9523c5fae407f7d444d0986b2c6ae568e); rebase it when bumping.
+localsend = { git = "https://github.com/readest/localsend", rev = "8802cb037fc38a92bc932681d18e7a79e813b688", default-features = false, features = ["discovery"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 pem = "4"
 anyhow = "1"