diff --git a/community-patches.json b/community-patches.json
index eaca0758..1a63cec7 100644
--- a/community-patches.json
+++ b/community-patches.json
@@ -65,5 +65,18 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+    },
+    "magento/magento2/40622": {
+        "categories": [
+            "Payments"
+        ],
+        "title": "PayPal Braintree: avoid INSTANTIATION_OPTION_REQUIRED when clientToken is missing (cart PayPal button JS). Author: @Genaker. See magento/magento2#40622.",
+        "packages": {
+            "magento/magento2-base": {
+                "2.4.8": {
+                    "file": "community/magento_magento2_40622_braintree_paypal_button.patch"
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/patches/community/magento_magento2_40622_braintree_paypal_button.patch b/patches/community/magento_magento2_40622_braintree_paypal_button.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39f265cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/community/magento_magento2_40622_braintree_paypal_button.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/vendor/paypal/module-braintree-core/view/frontend/web/js/paypal/button.js	2026-03-24 00:04:41.716453736 -0700
++++ b/vendor/paypal/module-braintree-core/view/frontend/web/js/paypal/button.js	2026-03-24 00:04:41.736453720 -0700
+@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@
+              * @param buttonConfig
+              */
+             loadSDK: function (buttonConfig) {
++                if (!buttonConfig || !buttonConfig.clientToken) {
++                    return;
++                }
+                 // Load SDK
+                 braintree.create({
+                     authorization: buttonConfig.clientToken