diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-parts-give.md b/.changeset/lovely-parts-give.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee8a4445a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-parts-give.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/exec.build-commands": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+When executing the `approve-builds` command, if package.json contains `onlyBuiltDependencies` or `ignoredBuiltDependencies`, the selected dependency package will continue to be written into `package.json`.
diff --git a/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts b/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
index 4da00fa924..69c22fc3f6 100644
--- a/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
+++ b/exec/build-commands/src/approveBuilds.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Do you approve?`,
   }
   let { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await tryReadProjectManifest(opts.rootProjectManifestDir)
   manifest ??= {}
-  if (opts.workspaceDir == null || manifest.pnpm?.onlyBuiltDependencies != null || manifest.pnpm?.onlyBuiltDependencies != null) {
+  if (opts.workspaceDir == null || manifest.pnpm?.onlyBuiltDependencies != null || manifest.pnpm?.ignoredBuiltDependencies != null) {
     manifest.pnpm ??= {}
     if (updatedOnlyBuiltDependencies) {
       manifest.pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies = updatedOnlyBuiltDependencies
diff --git a/exec/build-commands/test/approveBuilds.test.ts b/exec/build-commands/test/approveBuilds.test.ts
index 38b640449b..23b9f2e833 100644
--- a/exec/build-commands/test/approveBuilds.test.ts
+++ b/exec/build-commands/test/approveBuilds.test.ts
@@ -90,3 +90,81 @@ test("works when root project manifest doesn't exist in a workspace", async () =
     ignoredBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example'],
   })
 })
+
+test('should update onlyBuiltDependencies when package.json exists with ignoredBuiltDependencies defined', async () => {
+  const temp = tempDir()
+
+  prepare({
+    dependencies: {
+      '@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example': '1.0.0',
+      '@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example': '*',
+    },
+    pnpm: {
+      ignoredBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example'],
+    },
+  }, {
+    tempDir: temp,
+  })
+
+  const workspaceManifestFile = path.join(temp, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  writeYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile, { packages: ['packages/*'] })
+  await runApproveBuilds({ workspaceDir: temp, rootProjectManifestDir: temp })
+
+  expect(readYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile)).toStrictEqual({
+    packages: ['packages/*'],
+  })
+  expect(loadJsonFile<ProjectManifest>(path.join(temp, 'package.json'))!.pnpm).toStrictEqual({
+    ignoredBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example'],
+    onlyBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example'],
+  })
+})
+
+test('should approve builds when package.json exists with onlyBuiltDependencies defined', async () => {
+  const temp = tempDir()
+
+  prepare({
+    dependencies: {
+      '@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example': '1.0.0',
+      '@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example': '*',
+    },
+    pnpm: {
+      onlyBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example'],
+    },
+  }, {
+    tempDir: temp,
+  })
+
+  const workspaceManifestFile = path.join(temp, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  writeYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile, { packages: ['packages/*'] })
+  await runApproveBuilds({ workspaceDir: temp, rootProjectManifestDir: temp })
+
+  expect(readYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile)).toStrictEqual({
+    packages: ['packages/*'],
+  })
+  expect(loadJsonFile<ProjectManifest>(path.join(temp, 'package.json'))!.pnpm).toStrictEqual({
+    onlyBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example', '@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example'],
+  })
+})
+
+test('should approve builds with package.json that has no onlyBuiltDependencies and ignoredBuiltDependencies fields defined', async () => {
+  const temp = tempDir()
+
+  prepare({
+    dependencies: {
+      '@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example': '1.0.0',
+      '@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example': '*',
+    },
+  }, {
+    tempDir: temp,
+  })
+
+  const workspaceManifestFile = path.join(temp, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml')
+  writeYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile, { packages: ['packages/*'] })
+  await runApproveBuilds({ workspaceDir: temp, rootProjectManifestDir: temp })
+
+  expect(readYamlFile(workspaceManifestFile)).toStrictEqual({
+    packages: ['packages/*'],
+    onlyBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example'],
+    ignoredBuiltDependencies: ['@pnpm.e2e/install-script-example'],
+  })
+})