diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb71287028ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# The pnpm team releases new versions pretty often and we don't need to stay
+# at the freshest version at all times.
+update-notifier=false
diff --git a/docs/check-redirects/package.json b/docs/check-redirects/package.json
index 060d8b647bdb2..cb70de215d561 100644
--- a/docs/check-redirects/package.json
+++ b/docs/check-redirects/package.json
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
     "jest": "^29.7.0",
     "memfs": "^4.11.1"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.5.0"
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.8.0"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index da895206ed54b..e63b336b567cd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@
     "tslib": "^2.6.3",
     "whatwg-fetch": "^3.6.20"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.7.0",
   "msw": {
     "workerDirectory": [
       "web/.storybook/public"
     ]
-  }
+  },
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@9.8.0"
 }