diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 00962a1ea..99e0d0043 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -36,16 +36,20 @@ jobs:
             **/requirements*.txt
             .pre-commit-config.yaml
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          cache: 'npm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'llama_stack/ui/'
+      # npm ci may fail -
+      #   npm error `npm ci` can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json are in sync. Please update your lock file with `npm install` before continuing.
+      #   npm error Invalid: lock file's llama-stack-client@0.2.17 does not satisfy llama-stack-client@0.2.18
 
-      - name: Install npm dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-        working-directory: llama_stack/ui
+      # - name: Set up Node.js
+      #   uses: actions/setup-node@39370e3970a6d050c480ffad4ff0ed4d3fdee5af # v4.1.0
+      #   with:
+      #     node-version: '20'
+      #     cache: 'npm'
+      #     cache-dependency-path: 'llama_stack/ui/'
+
+      # - name: Install npm dependencies
+      #   run: npm ci
+      #   working-directory: llama_stack/ui
 
       - uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd # v3.0.1
         continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d21a7244f..39278ab81 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -146,20 +146,31 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: false
         require_serial: true
         files: ^.github/workflows/.*$
-      - id: ui-prettier
-        name: Format UI code with Prettier
-        entry: bash -c 'cd llama_stack/ui && npm ci && npm run format'
-        language: system
-        files: ^llama_stack/ui/.*\.(ts|tsx)$
-        pass_filenames: false
-        require_serial: true
-      - id: ui-eslint
-        name: Lint UI code with ESLint
-        entry: bash -c 'cd llama_stack/ui && npm run lint -- --fix --quiet'
-        language: system
-        files: ^llama_stack/ui/.*\.(ts|tsx)$
-        pass_filenames: false
-        require_serial: true
+      # ui-prettier and ui-eslint are disabled until we can avoid `npm ci`, which is slow and may fail -
+      #   npm error `npm ci` can only install packages when your package.json and package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json are in sync. Please update your lock file with `npm install` before continuing.
+      #   npm error Invalid: lock file's llama-stack-client@0.2.17 does not satisfy llama-stack-client@0.2.18
+      # and until we have infra for installing prettier and next via npm -
+      #   Lint UI code with ESLint.....................................................Failed
+      #   - hook id: ui-eslint
+      #   - exit code: 127
+      #   > ui@0.1.0 lint
+      #   > next lint --fix --quiet
+      #   sh: line 1: next: command not found
+      #
+      # - id: ui-prettier
+      #   name: Format UI code with Prettier
+      #   entry: bash -c 'cd llama_stack/ui && npm ci && npm run format'
+      #   language: system
+      #   files: ^llama_stack/ui/.*\.(ts|tsx)$
+      #   pass_filenames: false
+      #   require_serial: true
+      # - id: ui-eslint
+      #   name: Lint UI code with ESLint
+      #   entry: bash -c 'cd llama_stack/ui && npm run lint -- --fix --quiet'
+      #   language: system
+      #   files: ^llama_stack/ui/.*\.(ts|tsx)$
+      #   pass_filenames: false
+      #   require_serial: true
 
 ci:
     autofix_commit_msg: 🎨 [pre-commit.ci] Auto format from pre-commit.com hooks