diff --git a/emulators/supermariowar.yml b/emulators/supermariowar.yml
index 7d339f35..223faa53 100644
--- a/emulators/supermariowar.yml
+++ b/emulators/supermariowar.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ core_classification: game_engine
 source: "https://github.com/mmatyas/supermariowar"
 profiled_date: "2026-10-22"
 source_commit: "ed60ed45e296ff88a8883cbc51f5bf5aed880636"
+pin_frozen: "EmuELEC, the only platform that ships it, builds this revision (EmuELEC packages/sx05re/emuelec-ports/supermariowar/package.mk:5). Later commits are not part of that build."
 core_version: "2.0.0"
 display_name: "Super Mario War (smw)"
 cores: