diff --git a/src/clickup-ts.ts b/src/clickup-ts.ts
index 6290f0f1..2c2faf72 100644
--- a/src/clickup-ts.ts
+++ b/src/clickup-ts.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ export module clickupTs {
       if (options.sendSlackWebhookOnRelease !== false) {
         slackAlert.addReleaseEvent(this, options.sendSlackWebhookOnReleaseOpts);
       }
+
+      if (this.package.packageManager === javascript.NodePackageManager.PNPM) {
+        // Automate part of https://app.clickup-stg.com/333/v/dc/ad-757629/ad-3577645
+        this.package.addField('packageManager', 'pnpm@9.1.2');
+        // necessary to allow minor/patch version updates of pnpm on dev boxes
+        this.npmrc.addConfig('package-manager-strict', 'false');
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/clickup-ts.test.ts b/test/clickup-ts.test.ts
index c8aa9a63..70c68ee7 100644
--- a/test/clickup-ts.test.ts
+++ b/test/clickup-ts.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Testing } from 'projen';
+import { Testing, javascript } from 'projen';
 import { clickupTs } from '../src';
 
 describe('ClickUpTypeScriptProject', () => {
@@ -111,6 +111,21 @@ describe('ClickUpTypeScriptProject', () => {
       expect(matchedFiles).toHaveLength(1);
     });
   });
+  describe('pnpm', () => {
+    const p = new clickupTs.ClickUpTypeScriptProject({
+      name: '@time-loop/test',
+      defaultReleaseBranch: 'main',
+      packageManager: javascript.NodePackageManager.PNPM,
+      pnpmVersion: '9',
+    });
+    const synth = Testing.synth(p);
+    it('packageManager', () => {
+      expect(synth['package.json'].packageManager).toBe('pnpm@9.1.2');
+    });
+    it('package-manager-strict=false', () => {
+      expect(synth['.npmrc']).toMatch(/package-manager-strict=false/);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('normalizeName', () => {