diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
index d1048a25da42..54f463b1990b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/pnpm/generic.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   withNode ? true,
   version,
   hash,
+  buildPackages,
 }:
 let
   majorVersion = lib.versions.major version;
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   passthru =
     let
-      fetchDepsAttrs = callPackages ./fetch-deps { pnpm = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
+      fetchDepsAttrs = callPackages ./fetch-deps {
+        pnpm = buildPackages."pnpm_${lib.versions.major version}";
+      };
     in
     {
       inherit (fetchDepsAttrs) fetchDeps configHook;