diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
index 41c322013877..eb8b847960c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/fetch-deps/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
   callPackage,
   jq,
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@
   cacert,
   makeSetupHook,
   pnpm,
+  yq,
 }:
 {
   fetchDeps =
@@ -38,11 +40,18 @@
           jq
           moreutils
           pnpm
+          yq
         ];
 
         installPhase = ''
           runHook preInstall
 
+          lockfileVersion="$(yq -r .lockfileVersion pnpm-lock.yaml)"
+          if [[ ''${lockfileVersion:0:1} -gt ${lib.versions.major pnpm.version} ]]; then
+            echo "ERROR: lockfileVersion $lockfileVersion in pnpm-lock.yaml is too new for the provided pnpm version ${lib.versions.major pnpm.version}!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
           export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
           pnpm config set store-dir $out
           # Some packages produce platform dependent outputs. We do not want to cache those in the global store