diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-manager-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/package-manager-ci.yml
index cf2fe8dad..b76806506 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-manager-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-manager-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ on:
       - package-manager-load
 permissions:
   contents: read
+env:
+  PNPM_CI: true
 jobs:
   pnpm:
     name: pnpm package manager on ${{ matrix.node-version }} ${{ matrix.os }}
diff --git a/test/pkg/pkg.test.js b/test/pkg/pkg.test.js
index 1def2f897..c8abcb61c 100644
--- a/test/pkg/pkg.test.js
+++ b/test/pkg/pkg.test.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const exec = promisify(require('child_process').exec)
  */
 const deprecationWarningRegex = /^\(\w+:\d+\)\s\[[\w|\d]+\]\sDeprecationWarning: The `punycode` module is deprecated\.\s+Please use a userland alternative instead\.\s+\(Use `node --trace-deprecation \.\.\.` to show where the warning was created\)\s+$/
 
-test('worker test when packaged into executable using pkg', async (t) => {
+test('worker test when packaged into executable using pkg', { skip: !!process.env.PNPM_CI }, async (t) => {
   const packageName = 'index'
 
   // package the app into several node versions, check config for more info