diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-spoons-search.md b/.changeset/plenty-spoons-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c77129c1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/plenty-spoons-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/headless": patch
+"@pnpm/core": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+When the `node-linker` is set to `hoisted`, the `package.json` files of the existing dependencies inside `node_modules` are checked to verify their actual versions. The data in the `node_modules/.modules.yaml` and `node_modules/.pnpm/lock.yaml` may not be fully reliable, as an installation may fail after changes to dependencies were made but before those state files were updated.
+
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/packageImportMethods.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/packageImportMethods.ts
index f140f15f76..5efc5331b3 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/packageImportMethods.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/packageImportMethods.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
 import { prepareEmpty } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import { addDependenciesToPackage } from '@pnpm/core'
+import { sync as loadJsonFile } from 'load-json-file'
 import { testDefaults } from './utils'
 
 test('packageImportMethod can be set to copy', async () => {
@@ -22,3 +24,27 @@ test('copy does not fail on package that self-requires itself', async () => {
   const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
   expect(lockfile.packages['/@pnpm.e2e/requires-itself@1.0.0'].dependencies).toStrictEqual({ 'is-positive': '1.0.0' })
 })
+
+test('packages are updated in node_modules, when packageImportMethod is set to copy and modules manifest and current lockfile are incorrect', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+  const opts = await testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false, force: false, nodeLinker: 'hoisted' }, {}, {}, { packageImportMethod: 'copy' })
+
+  await addDependenciesToPackage({}, ['is-negative@1.0.0'], opts)
+  const modulesManifestContent = fs.readFileSync('node_modules/.modules.yaml')
+  const currentLockfile = fs.readFileSync('node_modules/.pnpm/lock.yaml')
+  {
+    const pkg = loadJsonFile<any>('node_modules/is-negative/package.json') // eslint-disable-line
+    expect(pkg.version).toBe('1.0.0')
+  }
+  await addDependenciesToPackage({}, ['is-negative@2.0.0'], opts)
+  {
+    const pkg = loadJsonFile<any>('node_modules/is-negative/package.json') // eslint-disable-line
+    expect(pkg.version).toBe('2.0.0')
+  }
+  fs.writeFileSync('node_modules/.modules.yaml', modulesManifestContent, 'utf8')
+  fs.writeFileSync('node_modules/.pnpm/lock.yaml', currentLockfile, 'utf8')
+  await addDependenciesToPackage({}, ['is-negative@1.0.0'], opts)
+
+  const pkg = loadJsonFile<any>('node_modules/is-negative/package.json') // eslint-disable-line
+  expect(pkg.version).toBe('1.0.0')
+})
diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/src/linkHoistedModules.ts b/pkg-manager/headless/src/linkHoistedModules.ts
index 7c97974316..a7bdbe0364 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/headless/src/linkHoistedModules.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/headless/src/linkHoistedModules.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async function linkAllPkgsInOrder (
         await limitLinking(async () => {
           const { importMethod, isBuilt } = await storeController.importPackage(depNode.dir, {
             filesResponse,
-            force: opts.force || depNode.depPath !== prevGraph[dir]?.depPath,
+            force: true,
             disableRelinkLocalDirDeps: opts.disableRelinkLocalDirDeps,
             keepModulesDir: true,
             requiresBuild: depNode.requiresBuild || depNode.patchFile != null,
diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/src/lockfileToHoistedDepGraph.ts b/pkg-manager/headless/src/lockfileToHoistedDepGraph.ts
index 63fccecd17..108d9bf590 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/headless/src/lockfileToHoistedDepGraph.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/headless/src/lockfileToHoistedDepGraph.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@pnpm/lockfile-utils'
 import { type IncludedDependencies } from '@pnpm/modules-yaml'
 import { packageIsInstallable } from '@pnpm/package-is-installable'
+import { safeReadPackageJsonFromDir } from '@pnpm/read-package-json'
 import { type PatchFile, type Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
 import {
   type FetchPackageToStoreFunction,
@@ -193,8 +194,12 @@ async function fetchDeps (
     // It will only be missing if the user manually removed it.
     // That shouldn't normally happen but Bit CLI does remove node_modules in component directories:
     // https://github.com/teambit/bit/blob/5e1eed7cd122813ad5ea124df956ee89d661d770/scopes/dependencies/dependency-resolver/dependency-installer.ts#L169
+    //
+    // We also verify that the package that is present has the expected version.
+    // This check is required because there is no guarantee the modules manifest and current lockfile were
+    // successfully saved after node_modules was changed during installation.
     const skipFetch = opts.currentHoistedLocations?.[depPath]?.includes(depLocation) &&
-      await pathExists(path.join(opts.lockfileDir, depLocation))
+      await dirHasPackageJsonWithVersion(path.join(opts.lockfileDir, depLocation), pkgVersion)
     const pkgResolution = {
       id: packageId,
       resolution,
@@ -254,6 +259,19 @@ async function fetchDeps (
   return depHierarchy
 }
 
+async function dirHasPackageJsonWithVersion (dir: string, expectedVersion?: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!expectedVersion) return pathExists(dir)
+  try {
+    const manifest = await safeReadPackageJsonFromDir(dir)
+    return manifest?.version === expectedVersion
+  } catch (err: any) { // eslint-disable-line
+    if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      return pathExists(dir)
+    }
+    throw err
+  }
+}
+
 function getChildren (
   pkgSnapshot: PackageSnapshot,
   pkgLocationsByDepPath: Record<string, string[]>,