Force a transitive dependency to a specific version with pnpm overrides
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Add an overrides map to pnpm-workspace.yaml at the repo root (overrides can only be set at the root of the project): overrides: { "foo": "^1.0.0" }.
Limit an override to a vulnerable range by suffixing the key: "bar@^2.1.0": "3.0.0" only rewrites bar when it was requested as ^2.1.0-compatible.
Scope an override to one parent with > syntax: "qar@1>zoo": "2" overrides zoo only where qar@1 depends on it.
Substitute a different package entirely with an npm: specifier ("quux": "npm:@myorg/quux@^1.0.0") or remove a dependency edge with "-": overrides: { "foo@1.0.0>bar": "-" }.
Run pnpm install and confirm the resolution in pnpm-lock.yaml (pnpm why <pkg> shows why it's there).
In pnpm 10/11 overrides live in pnpm-workspace.yaml (or package.json pnpm.overrides in non-workspace projects) — NOT in .npmrc; in v11 .npmrc is auth/registry-only.
Overriding a peer dependency with a semver range keeps it a peer dependency, but a non-range specifier like link: converts it into a regular dependency.
Convergence overrides (empty range selector "pkg@", v11.13.0+) require an exact version as the value — a range fails with ERR_PNPM_INVALID_CONVERGENCE_OVERRIDE.
Catalog references (catalog:) are allowed as override values, keeping forced versions in sync with your catalogs.
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