diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-houses-repeat.md b/.changeset/spotty-houses-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b3aa60cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-houses-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/hooks.read-package-hook": patch
+---
+
+Write overrides with `file:` scheme to lockfile as-is [#7858](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/7858).
diff --git a/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts b/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
index d509abb15a..d976f53301 100644
--- a/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
+++ b/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ export function createVersionsOverrider (
         }
         let linkFileTarget: string | undefined
         if (override.newPref.startsWith('file:')) {
-          const pkgPath = override.newPref.substring(5)
-          linkFileTarget = path.isAbsolute(pkgPath) ? pkgPath : path.join(rootDir, pkgPath)
+          linkFileTarget = override.newPref.substring(5)
         }
         return {
           ...override,
diff --git a/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts b/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
index e391b16679..25cf2c4682 100644
--- a/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
+++ b/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ test('createVersionsOverrider() should work for scoped parent and scoped child',
   })
 })
 
-test('createVersionsOverrider() overrides dependencies with file', () => {
+test('createVersionsOverrider() overrides dependencies with file with relative path', () => {
   const overrider = createVersionsOverrider({
     qar: 'file:../qar',
   }, process.cwd())
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ test('createVersionsOverrider() overrides dependencies with file', () => {
     name: 'foo',
     version: '1.2.0',
     dependencies: {
-      qar: `file:${path.resolve('../qar')}`,
+      qar: 'file:../qar',
     },
   })
 })