diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-cows-perform.md b/.changeset/rotten-cows-perform.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3202570716b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-cows-perform.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+---
+
+ci: update pnpm to 9.7.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/ci-setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/ci-setup/action.yaml
index 54702c7939d..8d7e2b1132f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/ci-setup/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/ci-setup/action.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 20.14.0
   pnpm-version:
     description: "PNPM version"
-    default: 9.4.0
+    default: 9.7.1
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/test-setup/action.yaml
index 8d7c3d6cf0c..a8d7cf2e055 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-setup/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-setup/action.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inputs:
     default: 20.14.0
   pnpm-version:
     description: "PNPM version"
-    default: 9.4.0
+    default: 9.7.1
   should-install-bun:
     description: "Should install Bun"
     default: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
index 286815b44e9..55d9ed719e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-validate-changesets.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         if: env.CHANGESET_FILE == ''
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
-          version: 9.4.0
+          version: 9.7.1
           run_install: true
 
       - name: Install jq
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index f91354d0b66..c3f59eba343 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 auto-install-peers=true
 enable-pre-post-scripts=true
 engine-strict=true
+package-manager-strict=false
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b12e8ea92f5..9ba79d79f39 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "engines": {
     "node": "^18.20.3 || ^20.0.0 || ^22.0.0",
-    "pnpm": "^9.4.0"
+    "pnpm": "^9.7.1"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.4.0",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.7.1",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "nodemon --config nodemon.config.json -x 'pnpm build:packages'",
     "build": "turbo run build --cache-dir=.turbo",