diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
index 4aee451bfef9..139c66fe2583 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/podman-desktop/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   makeBinaryWrapper,
   copyDesktopItems,
   electron_41,
-  nodejs,
+  nodejs_24,
   pnpm_10_29_2,
   fetchPnpmDeps,
   pnpmConfigHook,
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 }:
 
 let
+  nodejs = nodejs_24;
+  pnpm = pnpm_10_29_2.override { inherit nodejs; };
   electron = electron_41;
   appName = "Podman Desktop";
 in
@@ -43,8 +45,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       };
       text = ''
         new_src="$(nix-build --attr "pkgs.$PNAME.src" --no-out-link)"
-        new_electron_major="$(jq '.devDependencies.electron' "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '\d+' | head -n 1)"
-        new_pnpm_major="$(jq '.packageManager' "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '\d+' | head -n 1)"
+        get_major_version() {
+          jq -r "$1" "$new_src/package.json" | grep --perl-regexp --only-matching '[0-9]+' | head -n 1
+        }
+
+        new_node_major="$(get_major_version '.engines.node')"
+        new_electron_major="$(get_major_version '.devDependencies.electron')"
+        new_pnpm_major="$(get_major_version '.packageManager')"
+
+        sed -i -E "s/nodejs_[0-9]+/nodejs_$new_node_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
         sed -i -E "s/electron_[0-9]+/electron_$new_electron_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
         sed -i -E "s/pnpm_[0-9]+/pnpm_$new_pnpm_major/g" "$PKG_FILE"
       '';
@@ -64,7 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   pnpmDeps = fetchPnpmDeps {
     inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
-    pnpm = pnpm_10_29_2;
+    inherit pnpm;
     fetcherVersion = 2;
     hash = "sha256-tCp5qLZVo93H8VIToU3mkmwNsVXOAd1IEsL6RlazPXo=";
   };
@@ -83,8 +92,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     nodejs
+    pnpm
     pnpmConfigHook
-    pnpm_10_29_2
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
     copyDesktopItems