diff --git a/scripts/lib/plugin-package-dependencies.mjs b/scripts/lib/plugin-package-dependencies.mjs
index d1f3c2a97e35..cdb44c72e580 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/plugin-package-dependencies.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/plugin-package-dependencies.mjs
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ export function collectBundledPluginPackageDependencySpecs(bundledPluginsDir) {
 
   for (const packageJsonPath of packageJsonPaths) {
     const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf8"));
+    // External official plugins own isolated npm projects, so their dependency
+    // specs do not need to match packages bundled into the root distribution.
+    if (packageJson.openclaw?.build?.bundledDist === false) {
+      continue;
+    }
     const pluginId = path.basename(path.dirname(packageJsonPath));
     for (const [name, spec] of collectRuntimeDependencySpecs(packageJson)) {
       const existing = specs.get(name);
diff --git a/test/scripts/plugin-package-dependencies.test.ts b/test/scripts/plugin-package-dependencies.test.ts
index eb053215c8d1..3e0f08adb550 100644
--- a/test/scripts/plugin-package-dependencies.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/plugin-package-dependencies.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-package-dependencies.mjs", () => {
         shared: "^1.1.0",
       },
     });
+    writePackageJson(root, "external", {
+      dependencies: {
+        shared: "^9.0.0",
+      },
+      openclaw: {
+        build: {
+          bundledDist: false,
+        },
+      },
+    });
 
     expect([...collectBundledPluginPackageDependencySpecs(root)]).toEqual([
       [