diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dddf7c0b4d..42911a5b83 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ This is the log of notable changes to EAS CLI and related packages.
 ### 🐛 Bug fixes
 
 - Show `eas deploy` upload error messages. ([#2771](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2771) by [@kadikraman](https://github.com/kadikraman))
+- Prevent EAS CLI dependencies check from running repeatedly. ([#2781](https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/pull/2781) by [@kitten](https://github.com/kitten))
 
 ### 🧹 Chores
 
diff --git a/packages/eas-cli/src/commandUtils/context/contextUtils/findProjectDirAndVerifyProjectSetupAsync.ts b/packages/eas-cli/src/commandUtils/context/contextUtils/findProjectDirAndVerifyProjectSetupAsync.ts
index 6dc64c6af7..e69c507b53 100644
--- a/packages/eas-cli/src/commandUtils/context/contextUtils/findProjectDirAndVerifyProjectSetupAsync.ts
+++ b/packages/eas-cli/src/commandUtils/context/contextUtils/findProjectDirAndVerifyProjectSetupAsync.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ export async function findProjectRootAsync({
   }
 }
 
+let ranEnsureEasCliIsNotInDependencies = false;
+
 /**
  * Determine the project root directory and ensure some constraints about the project setup
  * like CLI version and dependencies.
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ export async function findProjectRootAsync({
 export async function findProjectDirAndVerifyProjectSetupAsync(): Promise<string> {
   const projectDir = await findProjectRootAsync();
   await applyCliConfigAsync(projectDir);
-  await ensureEasCliIsNotInDependenciesAsync(projectDir);
+  if (!ranEnsureEasCliIsNotInDependencies) {
+    ranEnsureEasCliIsNotInDependencies = true;
+    await ensureEasCliIsNotInDependenciesAsync(projectDir);
+  }
   return projectDir;
 }