diff --git a/packages/link-bins/package.json b/packages/link-bins/package.json
index 8e9a16d87a..4dcd023c3e 100644
--- a/packages/link-bins/package.json
+++ b/packages/link-bins/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^14.14.33",
     "@types/normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/ramda": "0.27.39",
+    "cmd-extension": "^1.0.2",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",
     "path-exists": "^4.0.0",
     "tempy": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/link-bins/test/index.ts b/packages/link-bins/test/index.ts
index fa8811970d..fef05d1a31 100644
--- a/packages/link-bins/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/link-bins/test/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import linkBins, {
   linkBinsOfPackages,
 } from '@pnpm/link-bins'
+import CMD_EXTENSION from 'cmd-extension'
 import isWindows from 'is-windows'
 import ncpcb from 'ncp'
 import normalizePath from 'normalize-path'
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ function getExpectedBins (bins: string[]) {
     bins.forEach((bin) => expectedBins.push(`${bin}.ps1`))
   }
   if (IS_WINDOWS) {
-    bins.forEach((bin) => expectedBins.push(`${bin}.cmd`))
+    bins.forEach((bin) => expectedBins.push(`${bin}${CMD_EXTENSION}`))
   }
   return expectedBins.sort()
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ac46cf1b33..c2df0fe8bc 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/normalize-path': ^3.0.0
       '@types/ramda': 0.27.39
       '@zkochan/cmd-shim': ^5.2.1
+      cmd-extension: ^1.0.2
       is-subdir: ^1.1.1
       is-windows: ^1.0.2
       ncp: ^2.0.0
@@ -1011,6 +1012,7 @@ importers:
       '@types/node': 14.17.19
       '@types/normalize-path': 3.0.0
       '@types/ramda': 0.27.39
+      cmd-extension: 1.0.2
       ncp: 2.0.0
       path-exists: 4.0.0
       tempy: 1.0.1
@@ -6739,7 +6741,6 @@ packages:
   /cmd-extension/1.0.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-iWDjmP8kvsMdBmLTHxFaqXikO8EdFRDfim7k6vUHglY/2xJ5jLrPsnQGijdfp4U+sr/BeecG0wKm02dSIAeQ1g==}
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
-    dev: false
 
   /co/4.6.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha1-bqa989hTrlTMuOR7+gvz+QMfsYQ=}