diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 895d9897d..caaf5d98f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: yarn lint-full
 
+      - name: Enforce yarn.lock has no duplicates
+        # no need to deduplicate yarn.lock on all platforms. Just do it once on the quicker one
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: yarn yarn-deduplicate yarn.lock --fail
+
+
       - name: Unit Test
         run: yarn test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 724ecee4a..df685c1f6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "protobuf": "pbjs --target static-module --wrap commonjs --out ts/protobuf/compiled.js protos/*.proto && pbts --out ts/protobuf/compiled.d.ts ts/protobuf/compiled.js --force-long",
     "sass": "rimraf 'stylesheets/dist/' && webpack  --config=./sass.config.js",
     "clean": "rimraf 'ts/**/*.js' 'ts/*.js' 'ts/*.js.map' 'ts/**/*.js.map' && rimraf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo;",
-    "lint-full": "yarn format-full && eslint .",
+    "lint-full": "yarn yarn-deduplicate yarn.lock && yarn format-full && eslint .",
     "format-full": "prettier --list-different --write \"*.{css,js,json,scss,ts,tsx}\" \"./**/*.{css,js,json,scss,ts,tsx}\"",
     "start-prod-test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production NODE_APP_INSTANCE=$MULTI electron .",
     "test": "mocha",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "appImage": "yarn sedtoAppImage; yarn build-release-non-linux; yarn sedtoDeb",
     "sedtoAppImage": "sed -i 's/\"target\": \\[\"deb\", \"rpm\", \"freebsd\"\\]/\"target\": \"AppImage\"/g' package.json",
     "sedtoDeb": "sed -i 's/\"target\": \"AppImage\"/\"target\": \\[\"deb\", \"rpm\", \"freebsd\"\\]/g' package.json",
-    "ready": "yarn build-everything && yarn lint-full && yarn test",
+    "ready": "yarn yarn-deduplicate yarn.lock --fail && yarn build-everything && yarn lint-full && yarn test",
     "postinstall": "yarn patch-package && yarn electron-builder install-app-deps",
     "update-git-info": "node ./build/updateLocalConfig.js",
     "worker:utils": "webpack  --config=./utils.worker.config.js",
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@
     "ts-loader": "^9.4.2",
     "typescript": "^5.1.6",
     "webpack": "^5.76.3",
-    "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4"
+    "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
+    "yarn-deduplicate": "^6.0.2"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "18.15.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 27e9e96d1..e031e5e3a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6844,6 +6844,11 @@ semver@^7.1.2, semver@^7.3.2, semver@^7.3.4, semver@^7.3.5, semver@^7.3.7, semve
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.6.2.tgz#1e3b34759f896e8f14d6134732ce798aeb0c6e13"
   integrity sha512-FNAIBWCx9qcRhoHcgcJ0gvU7SN1lYU2ZXuSfl04bSC5OpvDHFyJCjdNHomPXxjQlCBU67YW64PzY7/VIEH7F2w==
 
+semver@^7.5.0:
+  version "7.6.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.6.3.tgz#980f7b5550bc175fb4dc09403085627f9eb33143"
+  integrity sha512-oVekP1cKtI+CTDvHWYFUcMtsK/00wmAEfyqKfNdARm8u1wNVhSgaX7A8d4UuIlUI5e84iEwOhs7ZPYRmzU9U6A==
+
 serialize-error@^7.0.1:
   version "7.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serialize-error/-/serialize-error-7.0.1.tgz#f1360b0447f61ffb483ec4157c737fab7d778e18"
@@ -7484,7 +7489,7 @@ tslib@2.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.2.tgz#703ac29425e7b37cd6fd456e92404d46d1f3e4ae"
   integrity sha512-AEYxH93jGFPn/a2iVAwW87VuUIkR1FVUKB77NwMF7nBTDkDrrT/Hpt/IrCJ0QXhW27jTBDcf5ZY7w6RiqTMw2Q==
 
-tslib@^2.1.0, tslib@^2.4.0:
+tslib@^2.1.0, tslib@^2.4.0, tslib@^2.5.0:
   version "2.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tslib/-/tslib-2.6.3.tgz#0438f810ad7a9edcde7a241c3d80db693c8cbfe0"
   integrity sha512-xNvxJEOUiWPGhUuUdQgAJPKOOJfGnIyKySOc09XkKsgdUV/3E2zvwZYdejjmRgPCgcym1juLH3226yA7sEFJKQ==
@@ -8101,6 +8106,16 @@ yargs@^17.0.0, yargs@^17.0.1, yargs@^17.7.2:
     y18n "^5.0.5"
     yargs-parser "^21.1.1"
 
+yarn-deduplicate@^6.0.2:
+  version "6.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yarn-deduplicate/-/yarn-deduplicate-6.0.2.tgz#63498d2d4c3a8567e992a994ce0ab51aa5681f2e"
+  integrity sha512-Efx4XEj82BgbRJe5gvQbZmEO7pU5DgHgxohYZp98/+GwPqdU90RXtzvHirb7hGlde0sQqk5G3J3Woyjai8hVqA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@yarnpkg/lockfile" "^1.1.0"
+    commander "^10.0.1"
+    semver "^7.5.0"
+    tslib "^2.5.0"
+
 yauzl@^2.10.0:
   version "2.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz#c7eb17c93e112cb1086fa6d8e51fb0667b79a5f9"