diff --git a/bin/omarchy-install-vscode b/bin/omarchy-install-vscode
index 4a081c1..644a8eb 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-install-vscode
+++ b/bin/omarchy-install-vscode
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ cat > ~/.vscode/argv.json << 'EOF'
 }
 EOF
 
+# Ensure VSC's own auto-update feature is turned off
+printf '{\n  "update.mode": "none"\n}\n' > ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
+
 setsid gtk-launch code
diff --git a/migrations/1758142943.sh b/migrations/1758142943.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef800ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/1758142943.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+echo "Turn off VSCode's own auto-update feature (we rely on pacman)"
+
+# Note: We cannot use `jq` to update settings.json because it’s JSONC (allows comments),
+# which jq doesn’t support.
+
+VS_CODE_SETTINGS="$HOME/.config/Code/User/settings.json"
+
+# If VSCode is installed, ensure that the "update.mode" setting is set to "none"
+if omarchy-cmd-present code; then
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$VS_CODE_SETTINGS")"
+
+  if [[ ! -f "$VS_CODE_SETTINGS" ]]; then
+    # If settings.json doesn't exist, create it with just the update.mode setting
+    printf '{\n  "update.mode": "none"\n}\n' > "$VS_CODE_SETTINGS"
+ elif ! grep -q '"update.mode"' "$VS_CODE_SETTINGS"; then
+    # Insert "update.mode": "none", immediately after the first "{"
+    # Use sed's first-match range (0,/{/) to only replace the first "{
+    sed -i --follow-symlinks -E '0,/\{/{s/\{/{\
+  "update.mode": "none",/}' "$VS_CODE_SETTINGS"
+  fi
+fi