diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5669e22bb..c0a0ecbab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ endif
 .PHONY: deps libbacktrace
 
 FOUNDRY_VERSION := 1.4.2
+PNPM_VERSION := 10.0.0
+
 
 rustup:
 ifeq (, $(shell which cargo))
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ ifeq (, $(shell which cargo))
 endif
 
 rln-deps: rustup
-	./scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh $(FOUNDRY_VERSION)
+	./scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh $(FOUNDRY_VERSION) $(PNPM_VERSION)
 
 deps: | deps-common nat-libs waku.nims
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_pnpm.sh b/scripts/install_pnpm.sh
index 34ba47b07..dcac8c9fe 100755
--- a/scripts/install_pnpm.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_pnpm.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Install pnpm
-if ! command -v pnpm &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "pnpm is not installed, installing it now..."
-    npm i pnpm --global
+
+REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION="$1"
+
+if command -v pnpm &> /dev/null; then
+    # pnpm is already installed; check the current version.
+    CURRENT_PNPM_VERSION=$(pnpm --version 2>/dev/null)
+
+    if [ -n "$CURRENT_PNPM_VERSION" ]; then
+        # Compare CURRENT_PNPM_VERSION < REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION using sort -V
+        lower_version=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$CURRENT_PNPM_VERSION" "$REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION" | sort -V | head -n1)
+
+        if [ "$lower_version" != "$REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "pnpm is already installed with version $CURRENT_PNPM_VERSION, which is older than the required $REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION. Please update pnpm manually if needed."
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    # Install pnpm using the standalone installer
+    if [ -n "$REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION" ]; then
+        echo "Installing pnpm version $REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION..."
+        curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | env PNPM_VERSION=$REQUIRED_PNPM_VERSION sh -
+    else
+        echo "Installing latest pnpm..."
+        curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -
+    fi
+
+    # Add pnpm to PATH for this script session
+    export PNPM_HOME="${PNPM_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share/pnpm}"
+    export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
+
+    # Verify pnpm was installed
+    if ! command -v pnpm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Error: pnpm installation failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "pnpm successfully installed: $(pnpm --version)"
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh
index 65a74d10e..c8c083b54 100755
--- a/scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_rln_tests_dependencies.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 FOUNDRY_VERSION="$1"
 ./scripts/install_anvil.sh "$FOUNDRY_VERSION"
 
-#Install pnpm
-./scripts/install_pnpm.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+# Install pnpm
+PNPM_VERSION="$2"
+./scripts/install_pnpm.sh "$PNPM_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file