diff --git a/.changeset/windows-installer-maxpath-fix.md b/.changeset/windows-installer-maxpath-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33aa885c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/windows-installer-maxpath-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@asyncapi/cli": patch
+---
+
+fix: prune the unused Next.js standalone build from `@asyncapi/studio` before packing so the Windows installer no longer exceeds the 260-character `MAX_PATH` limit.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e757e7202..b88e15503 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
     "pack:tarballs:alpine": "oclif pack tarballs -t linux-x64 && npm run pack:rename alpine",
     "pack:windows": "oclif pack win && npm run pack:rename",
     "pack:rename": "node scripts/releasePackagesRename.js",
+    "pretarball": "node ./scripts/pretarball.js",
     "publish:trusted": "echo \"Working around changesets action not supporting OIDC yet. Need to pass successful release output for triggering github release\";VERSION=$(node -p \"require('./package.json').version\"); PACKAGE_NAME=$(node -p \"require('./package.json').name\"); if npm view $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo \"Version $VERSION of package $PACKAGE_NAME already published to NPM. Skipping GitHub release.\"; else git tag v$VERSION -m v$VERSION; echo \"New tag: $PACKAGE_NAME@$VERSION.\"; fi",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
diff --git a/scripts/pretarball.js b/scripts/pretarball.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..098085ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pretarball.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+// Paths are relative to the oclif workspace root (process.cwd()).
+const targets = [
+  path.join('node_modules', '@asyncapi', 'studio', 'build', 'standalone'),
+];
+
+for (const rel of targets) {
+  const abs = path.resolve(process.cwd(), rel);
+  if (fs.existsSync(abs)) {
+    fs.rmSync(abs, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    console.log(`[pretarball] removed ${rel}`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`[pretarball] skip (not found) ${rel}`);
+  }
+}