diff --git a/src/packages/Packages.jl b/src/packages/Packages.jl
index 9b1f63a43..9b0a64944 100644
--- a/src/packages/Packages.jl
+++ b/src/packages/Packages.jl
@@ -237,10 +237,12 @@ function sync_nbpkg_core(
                                     used_tier = tier
 
                                     try
-                                        Pkg.add(notebook.nbpkg_ctx, [
-                                            Pkg.PackageSpec(name=p)
-                                            for p in to_add
-                                        ]; preserve=used_tier)
+                                        withenv("JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO" => 0) do
+                                            Pkg.add(notebook.nbpkg_ctx, [
+                                                Pkg.PackageSpec(name=p)
+                                                for p in to_add
+                                            ]; preserve=used_tier)
+                                        end
 
                                         break
                                     catch e
@@ -581,10 +583,12 @@ function update_nbpkg_core(
                     phasemessage(iolistener, "Updating packages")
                     # We temporarily clear the "semver-compatible" [deps] entries, because it is difficult to update them after the update 🙈. TODO
                     PkgCompat.clear_auto_compat_entries!(notebook.nbpkg_ctx)
-
+                    
                     try
                         ###
-                        Pkg.update(notebook.nbpkg_ctx; level=level)
+                        withenv("JULIA_PKG_PRECOMPILE_AUTO" => 0) do
+                            Pkg.update(notebook.nbpkg_ctx; level=level)
+                        end
                         ###
                     finally
                         PkgCompat.write_auto_compat_entries!(notebook.nbpkg_ctx)
diff --git a/src/packages/PkgCompat.jl b/src/packages/PkgCompat.jl
index f9da062c8..636261fdc 100644
--- a/src/packages/PkgCompat.jl
+++ b/src/packages/PkgCompat.jl
@@ -163,7 +163,12 @@ end
 
 # I'm a pirate harrr 🏴‍☠️
 @static if isdefined(Pkg, :can_fancyprint)
-	Pkg.can_fancyprint(io::Union{IOContext{IOBuffer},IOContext{Base.BufferStream}}) = get(io, :sneaky_enable_tty, false) === true
+	Pkg.can_fancyprint(io::Union{IOContext{IOBuffer},IOContext{Base.BufferStream}}) = 
+		get(io, :sneaky_enable_tty, false) === true
+end
+@static if isdefined(Base, :Precompilation) && isdefined(Base.Precompilation, :can_fancyprint)
+	Base.Precompilation.can_fancyprint(io::Union{IOContext{IOBuffer},IOContext{Base.BufferStream}}) = 
+		get(io, :sneaky_enable_tty, false) === true
 end
 
 ###
diff --git a/src/packages/precompile_isolated.jl b/src/packages/precompile_isolated.jl
index aaf488b01..ef58308df 100644
--- a/src/packages/precompile_isolated.jl
+++ b/src/packages/precompile_isolated.jl
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ function precompile_isolated(
     @static if isdefined(Pkg, :can_fancyprint)
         Pkg.can_fancyprint(io::IO) = true
     end
+    @static if isdefined(Base, :Precompilation) && isdefined(Base.Precompilation, :can_fancyprint)
+        Base.Precompilation.can_fancyprint(io::IO) = true
+    end
     
     Pkg.activate($(repr(environment)); io=out_stream)
     Pkg.precompile(; already_instantiated=true, io=out_stream)