diff --git a/morph/grid/local/grid.nix b/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
index 46cb9c8ec1dc5278823c9e3ffc405289e7510469..59880af8b91173ec8c4480f459ed6c862474ba38 100644
--- a/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/local/grid.nix
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ let
 in {
   network = {
     description = "PrivateStorage.io LocalDev Grid";
+    inherit (gridlib) pkgs;
   };
   inherit payments monitoring storage1 storage2;
 }
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/grid.nix b/morph/grid/production/grid.nix
index 6009be84fb2a7ed7ca63e2e73b4f08f1f45ecb0d..3e0d41a5e6caabdc2c958f7bad0ae0ff10243c92 100644
--- a/morph/grid/production/grid.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/production/grid.nix
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ let
 in {
   network = {
     description = "PrivateStorage.io Production Grid";
+    inherit (gridlib) pkgs;
   };
   inherit payments;
   inherit monitoring;
diff --git a/morph/grid/testing/grid.nix b/morph/grid/testing/grid.nix
index 18983f0b32d28f13981b56475d7691a8cb434808..383fe740674992042a899ac391c100640ad5dcd7 100644
--- a/morph/grid/testing/grid.nix
+++ b/morph/grid/testing/grid.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ let
 in {
   network = {
     description = "PrivateStorage.io Testing Grid";
+    inherit (gridlib) pkgs;
   };
   inherit payments monitoring storage001;
 }
diff --git a/morph/lib/base.nix b/morph/lib/base.nix
index 271766d9cff5253f6d9a72e475dec3398b2cd6b3..377ff80ca3eb3d0c4c87a09a3c2ffddb22217f20 100644
--- a/morph/lib/base.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/base.nix
@@ -32,5 +32,18 @@
     # Instead, just tell morph how to reach the node here - by using its fully
     # qualified domain name.
     deployment.targetHost = "${config.networking.hostName}.${config.networking.domain}";
+
+    assertions = [
+      # This is a check to save somebody in the future trying to debug why
+      # setting `nixpkgs.config` is not having an effect.
+      {
+        # `{}` is the default value for `nixpkgs.config`
+        assertion = config.nixpkgs.config == {};
+        message = ''
+          Since we set `nixpkgs.pkgs` via morph's `network.pkgs`, the value for `nixpkgs.config` is ignored.
+          See https://whetstone.privatestorage.io/privatestorage/PrivateStorageio/-/issues/85#note_15876 for details.
+          '';
+      }
+    ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/morph/lib/default.nix b/morph/lib/default.nix
index bf25e5a58d04d148296bffef48acc4e4e125684b..34f5e8b5171f211ededf38efb25440769113a8e4 100644
--- a/morph/lib/default.nix
+++ b/morph/lib/default.nix
@@ -17,4 +17,16 @@
   customize-monitoring = import ./customize-monitoring.nix;
 
   modules = builtins.toString ../../nixos/modules;
+
+  # The nixpkgs version used in our deployments. This affects both the packages
+  # installed, as well as the NixOS module set that is used.
+  # This is intended to be used in a grid definition like:
+  #     network = { ... ; inherit (gridlib) pkgs; ... }
+  pkgs = import ../../nixpkgs-2105.nix {
+    # Ensure that configuration of the system where this runs
+    # doesn't leak into what we build.
+    # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/62513
+    config = {};
+    overlays = [];
+  };
 }