diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2f1a4f78..961713b7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ package.json    text eol=lf
 **/package.json text eol=lf
 lerna.json      text eol=lf
 
+# package-lock.json needs its own rule: the globs above match package.json
+# only, never package-lock.json. npm rewrites a lockfile wholesale on every
+# resolution, so a CRLF-stored lockfile regenerated on Linux comes back as LF
+# and turns a handful of changed entries into a whole-file diff — which both
+# hides the real change from review and trips gate-line-endings.
+package-lock.json    text eol=lf
+**/package-lock.json text eol=lf
+
 # Same pre-existing-CRLF-before-gate-line-endings-existed story as CLAUDE.md
 # above: these files were already stored as CRLF and tripped the gate the
 # first time a PR touched them. Pin them to LF so it doesn't recur.