[Node.js] Lock down pnpm version in package.json

package.json

"engines": {
  "pnpm": "10"
}

Docs

https://pnpm.io/package_json#engines

Use pnpm to manage pnpm versions

As of pnpm v10, it can manage which version of itself to use, based on the packageManager field in package.json.

First, install pnpm globally:

npm install -g pnpm

Then, set the packageManager field in your project’s package.json to the version of pnpm you want to use for your project. Example:

package.json

"packageManager": "pnpm@10.4.1"

Now, regardless of the global version of pnpm you have installed (as long as it’s v10+), when you run pnpm commands in your project, it will use the version specified in package.json.

Use corepack to manage pnpm versions

Note

You might want to now consider using pnpm v10+ to manage its own versions (see previous section) instead of using corepack.

You can use corepack to manage the correct version of pnpm for you, if you’d like.

First enable it (once) with:

corepack enable

Then run:

corepack use pnpm@latest

This will download and install the latest version of pnpm and set that exact version in the packageManager field of your package.json.

Now, when you run pnpm commands, corepack will ensure the correct version is used.

Tip

More info on pnpm and corepack: https://pnpm.io/installation#using-corepack

Note

If you install and manage pnpm manually (e.g. via npm install -g pnpm) then you may not want to use corepack as it’ll take over the management and installation of pnpm.