diff --git a/examples/app-host/.npmrc b/examples/app-host/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a3d47b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/app-host/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Vercel pnpm configuration
+# Use hoisted node_modules structure instead of symlinks to avoid Vercel packaging errors.
+node-linker=hoisted
diff --git a/examples/app-host/vercel.json b/examples/app-host/vercel.json
index 2115782da..7c2d6eca0 100644
--- a/examples/app-host/vercel.json
+++ b/examples/app-host/vercel.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://openapi.vercel.sh/vercel.json",
-  "framework": "hono",
+  "framework": null,
   "installCommand": "cd ../.. && pnpm install",
   "buildCommand": "bash scripts/build-vercel.sh",
   "functions": {