diff --git a/docs/reference/changelog.rst b/docs/reference/changelog.rst
index 571faec3e1..8559a3c2ff 100644
--- a/docs/reference/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/changelog.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ Changelog
 
   For a complete list of commits, check out the `X.Y.Z`_ release on GitHub.
 
+8.3.4 (2024-Sep-13)
+-------------------
+
+Core
+====
+
+Plugins
+#######
+
+NPM
+"""
+
+* Fix a bug where NPM parts fail to build if the ``pull`` and ``build`` steps
+  did not occur in the same execution of Snapcraft.
+
+For a complete list of commits, check out the `8.3.4`_ release on GitHub.
 
 8.4.0 (2024-Sep-10)
 -------------------
@@ -1171,4 +1187,5 @@ For a complete list of commits, check out the `8.0.0`_ release on GitHub.
 .. _8.3.1: https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/releases/tag/8.3.1
 .. _8.3.2: https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/releases/tag/8.3.2
 .. _8.3.3: https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/releases/tag/8.3.3
+.. _8.3.4: https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/releases/tag/8.3.4
 .. _8.4.0: https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/releases/tag/8.4.0
diff --git a/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/hello.js b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/hello.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8001048aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/hello.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package-lock.json b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf8ee3b99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "name": "npm-hello",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1
+}
diff --git a/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package.json b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c45d277657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "name": "npm-hello",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Testing grounds for snapcraft integration tests",
+  "bin": {
+    "npm-hello": "hello.js"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "npm-hello": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0"
+}
diff --git a/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/snap/snapcraft.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a75149e72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: npm-reentrant
+version: "1.0"
+summary: test the npm plugin
+description: Check that the npm plugin works across snapcraft calls
+
+confinement: strict
+grade: devel
+base: core24
+
+parts:
+  hello:
+    source: .
+    plugin: npm
+    npm-include-node: true
+    npm-node-version: 22.1.0
diff --git a/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/task.yaml b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/task.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ad7c48d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/spread/core24/npm-reentrant/task.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+summary: Pull, then Build, a Node snap
+
+execute: |
+  snapcraft pull
+  snapcraft build
+  snapcraft pack
+  test -f npm-reentrant*.snap
+
+restore: |
+  snapcraft clean
+  rm -f ./*.snap