diff --git a/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs b/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
index 1dafdd0b8665..d66292055554 100644
--- a/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/build/re_build_tools/src/lib.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ pub fn cargo_metadata() -> anyhow::Result<cargo_metadata::Metadata> {
         .no_deps()
         // Make sure this works without a connection, since docs.rs won't have one either.
         // See https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/issues/8165
-        .other_options(vec!["--offline".to_owned()])
+        .other_options(vec!["--frozen".to_owned()])
         .exec()?)
 }