diff --git a/.changeset/nervous-baboons-grow.md b/.changeset/nervous-baboons-grow.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19e27c20c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nervous-baboons-grow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker": major
+---
+
+Initial Release
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/README.md b/lockfile/settings-checker/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2bf87e78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# @pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker
+
+> Utilities to check if lockfile settings are out-of-date.
+
+## Installation
+
+```sh
+pnpm add @pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/jest.config.js b/lockfile/settings-checker/jest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b65513eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/jest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const config = require('../../jest.config.js');
+
+module.exports = Object.assign({}, config, {});
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/package.json b/lockfile/settings-checker/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d04a4d033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "name": "@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "description": "Utilities to check if lockfile settings are out-of-date",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "files": [
+    "lib",
+    "!*.map"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint \"src/**/*.ts\"",
+    "test": "pnpm run compile",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run compile",
+    "compile": "tsc --build && pnpm run lint --fix"
+  },
+  "repository": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/lockfile/settings-checker",
+  "keywords": [
+    "pnpm9",
+    "hash",
+    "crypto",
+    "base32"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18.12"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/lockfile/settings-checker#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/crypto.base32-hash": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/lockfile.types": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/parse-overrides": "workspace:*",
+    "p-map-values": "catalog:",
+    "ramda": "catalog:",
+    "sort-keys": "catalog:"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/prepare": "workspace:*",
+    "@types/ramda": "catalog:"
+  },
+  "funding": "https://opencollective.com/pnpm",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./lib/index.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/src/calcPatchHashes.ts b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/calcPatchHashes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0715748293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/calcPatchHashes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import pMapValues from 'p-map-values'
+import { createBase32HashFromFile } from '@pnpm/crypto.base32-hash'
+import { type PatchFile } from '@pnpm/lockfile.types'
+
+export async function calcPatchHashes (patches: Record<string, string>, lockfileDir: string): Promise<Record<string, PatchFile>> {
+  return pMapValues(async (patchFilePath) => {
+    return {
+      hash: await createBase32HashFromFile(patchFilePath),
+      path: path.relative(lockfileDir, patchFilePath).replaceAll('\\', '/'),
+    }
+  }, patches)
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/src/createOverridesMapFromParsed.ts b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/createOverridesMapFromParsed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5439b9645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/createOverridesMapFromParsed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { type VersionOverride } from '@pnpm/parse-overrides'
+
+export function createOverridesMapFromParsed (parsedOverrides: VersionOverride[] | undefined): Record<string, string> {
+  if (!parsedOverrides) return {}
+  const overridesMap: Record<string, string> = {}
+  for (const { selector, newPref } of parsedOverrides) {
+    overridesMap[selector] = newPref
+  }
+  return overridesMap
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/src/getOutdatedLockfileSetting.ts b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/getOutdatedLockfileSetting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed05cbbe30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/getOutdatedLockfileSetting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { type Lockfile, type PatchFile } from '@pnpm/lockfile.types'
+import equals from 'ramda/src/equals'
+
+export type ChangedField =
+  | 'patchedDependencies'
+  | 'overrides'
+  | 'packageExtensionsChecksum'
+  | 'ignoredOptionalDependencies'
+  | 'settings.autoInstallPeers'
+  | 'settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile'
+  | 'settings.peersSuffixMaxLength'
+  | 'pnpmfileChecksum'
+
+export function getOutdatedLockfileSetting (
+  lockfile: Lockfile,
+  {
+    overrides,
+    packageExtensionsChecksum,
+    ignoredOptionalDependencies,
+    patchedDependencies,
+    autoInstallPeers,
+    excludeLinksFromLockfile,
+    peersSuffixMaxLength,
+    pnpmfileChecksum,
+  }: {
+    overrides?: Record<string, string>
+    packageExtensionsChecksum?: string
+    patchedDependencies?: Record<string, PatchFile>
+    ignoredOptionalDependencies?: string[]
+    autoInstallPeers?: boolean
+    excludeLinksFromLockfile?: boolean
+    peersSuffixMaxLength?: number
+    pnpmfileChecksum?: string
+  }
+): ChangedField | null {
+  if (!equals(lockfile.overrides ?? {}, overrides ?? {})) {
+    return 'overrides'
+  }
+  if (lockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum !== packageExtensionsChecksum) {
+    return 'packageExtensionsChecksum'
+  }
+  if (!equals(lockfile.ignoredOptionalDependencies?.sort() ?? [], ignoredOptionalDependencies?.sort() ?? [])) {
+    return 'ignoredOptionalDependencies'
+  }
+  if (!equals(lockfile.patchedDependencies ?? {}, patchedDependencies ?? {})) {
+    return 'patchedDependencies'
+  }
+  if ((lockfile.settings?.autoInstallPeers != null && lockfile.settings.autoInstallPeers !== autoInstallPeers)) {
+    return 'settings.autoInstallPeers'
+  }
+  if (lockfile.settings?.excludeLinksFromLockfile != null && lockfile.settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile !== excludeLinksFromLockfile) {
+    return 'settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile'
+  }
+  if (
+    lockfile.settings?.peersSuffixMaxLength != null && lockfile.settings.peersSuffixMaxLength !== peersSuffixMaxLength ||
+    lockfile.settings?.peersSuffixMaxLength == null && peersSuffixMaxLength !== 1000
+  ) {
+    return 'settings.peersSuffixMaxLength'
+  }
+  if (lockfile.pnpmfileChecksum !== pnpmfileChecksum) {
+    return 'pnpmfileChecksum'
+  }
+  return null
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/src/index.ts b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f0a9e761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { calcPatchHashes } from './calcPatchHashes'
+export { createOverridesMapFromParsed } from './createOverridesMapFromParsed'
+export { type ChangedField, getOutdatedLockfileSetting } from './getOutdatedLockfileSetting'
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.json b/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c88a5b13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@pnpm/tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../__utils__/prepare"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../config/parse-overrides"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../packages/crypto.base32-hash"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../types"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.lint.json b/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.lint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbe711971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lockfile/settings-checker/tsconfig.lint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "test/**/*.ts",
+    "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/package.json b/pkg-manager/core/package.json
index 3ebbbee41f..f4e7ea72ca 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/package.json
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@pnpm/lockfile.fs": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile.preferred-versions": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile.pruner": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile.utils": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile.verification": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/lockfile.walker": "workspace:*",
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@
     "normalize-path": "catalog:",
     "p-filter": "catalog:",
     "p-limit": "catalog:",
-    "p-map-values": "catalog:",
     "path-exists": "catalog:",
     "ramda": "catalog:",
     "run-groups": "catalog:",
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
index 784e4c4f7b..a290415ef4 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import {
   stageLogger,
   summaryLogger,
 } from '@pnpm/core-loggers'
-import { createBase32HashFromFile } from '@pnpm/crypto.base32-hash'
+import {
+  calcPatchHashes,
+  createOverridesMapFromParsed,
+  getOutdatedLockfileSetting,
+} from '@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker'
 import { PnpmError } from '@pnpm/error'
 import { getContext, type PnpmContext } from '@pnpm/get-context'
 import { headlessInstall, type InstallationResultStats } from '@pnpm/headless'
@@ -71,10 +75,8 @@ import isInnerLink from 'is-inner-link'
 import isSubdir from 'is-subdir'
 import pFilter from 'p-filter'
 import pLimit from 'p-limit'
-import pMapValues from 'p-map-values'
 import mapValues from 'ramda/src/map'
 import clone from 'ramda/src/clone'
-import equals from 'ramda/src/equals'
 import isEmpty from 'ramda/src/isEmpty'
 import pipeWith from 'ramda/src/pipeWith'
 import props from 'ramda/src/props'
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ export async function mutateModules (
     const frozenLockfile = opts.frozenLockfile ||
       opts.frozenLockfileIfExists && ctx.existsNonEmptyWantedLockfile
     let outdatedLockfileSettings = false
-    const overridesMap = Object.fromEntries((opts.parsedOverrides ?? []).map(({ selector, newPref }) => [selector, newPref]))
+    const overridesMap = createOverridesMapFromParsed(opts.parsedOverrides)
     if (!opts.ignorePackageManifest) {
       const outdatedLockfileSettingName = getOutdatedLockfileSetting(ctx.wantedLockfile, {
         autoInstallPeers: opts.autoInstallPeers,
@@ -742,82 +744,6 @@ Note that in CI environments, this setting is enabled by default.`,
   }
 }
 
-interface PatchHash {
-  hash: string
-  path: string
-}
-
-async function calcPatchHashes (patches: Record<string, string>, lockfileDir: string): Promise<Record<string, PatchHash>> {
-  return pMapValues(async (patchFilePath) => {
-    return {
-      hash: await createBase32HashFromFile(patchFilePath),
-      path: path.relative(lockfileDir, patchFilePath).replaceAll('\\', '/'),
-    }
-  }, patches)
-}
-
-type ChangedField =
-  | 'patchedDependencies'
-  | 'overrides'
-  | 'packageExtensionsChecksum'
-  | 'ignoredOptionalDependencies'
-  | 'settings.autoInstallPeers'
-  | 'settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile'
-  | 'settings.peersSuffixMaxLength'
-  | 'pnpmfileChecksum'
-
-function getOutdatedLockfileSetting (
-  lockfile: Lockfile,
-  {
-    overrides,
-    packageExtensionsChecksum,
-    ignoredOptionalDependencies,
-    patchedDependencies,
-    autoInstallPeers,
-    excludeLinksFromLockfile,
-    peersSuffixMaxLength,
-    pnpmfileChecksum,
-  }: {
-    overrides?: Record<string, string>
-    packageExtensionsChecksum?: string
-    patchedDependencies?: Record<string, PatchFile>
-    ignoredOptionalDependencies?: string[]
-    autoInstallPeers?: boolean
-    excludeLinksFromLockfile?: boolean
-    peersSuffixMaxLength?: number
-    pnpmfileChecksum?: string
-  }
-): ChangedField | null {
-  if (!equals(lockfile.overrides ?? {}, overrides ?? {})) {
-    return 'overrides'
-  }
-  if (lockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum !== packageExtensionsChecksum) {
-    return 'packageExtensionsChecksum'
-  }
-  if (!equals(lockfile.ignoredOptionalDependencies?.sort() ?? [], ignoredOptionalDependencies?.sort() ?? [])) {
-    return 'ignoredOptionalDependencies'
-  }
-  if (!equals(lockfile.patchedDependencies ?? {}, patchedDependencies ?? {})) {
-    return 'patchedDependencies'
-  }
-  if ((lockfile.settings?.autoInstallPeers != null && lockfile.settings.autoInstallPeers !== autoInstallPeers)) {
-    return 'settings.autoInstallPeers'
-  }
-  if (lockfile.settings?.excludeLinksFromLockfile != null && lockfile.settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile !== excludeLinksFromLockfile) {
-    return 'settings.excludeLinksFromLockfile'
-  }
-  if (
-    lockfile.settings?.peersSuffixMaxLength != null && lockfile.settings.peersSuffixMaxLength !== peersSuffixMaxLength ||
-    lockfile.settings?.peersSuffixMaxLength == null && peersSuffixMaxLength !== 1000
-  ) {
-    return 'settings.peersSuffixMaxLength'
-  }
-  if (lockfile.pnpmfileChecksum !== pnpmfileChecksum) {
-    return 'pnpmfileChecksum'
-  }
-  return null
-}
-
 export function createObjectChecksum (obj: Record<string, unknown>): string {
   const s = JSON.stringify(sortKeys(obj, { deep: true }))
   return crypto.createHash('md5').update(s).digest('hex')
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/tsconfig.json b/pkg-manager/core/tsconfig.json
index 2a7c884121..bcc0a5c9ec 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../../lockfile/pruner"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../../lockfile/settings-checker"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../lockfile/types"
     },
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 81de079e06..0ddef7ed80 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3240,6 +3240,37 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 1.1.0
 
+  lockfile/settings-checker:
+    dependencies:
+      '@pnpm/crypto.base32-hash':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../packages/crypto.base32-hash
+      '@pnpm/lockfile.types':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../types
+      '@pnpm/parse-overrides':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../config/parse-overrides
+      p-map-values:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 1.0.0
+      ramda:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: '@pnpm/ramda@0.28.1'
+      sort-keys:
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.2.0
+    devDependencies:
+      '@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: 'link:'
+      '@pnpm/prepare':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../__utils__/prepare
+      '@types/ramda':
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 0.29.12
+
   lockfile/types:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/patching.types':
@@ -4076,6 +4107,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/lockfile.pruner':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../lockfile/pruner
+      '@pnpm/lockfile.settings-checker':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../lockfile/settings-checker
       '@pnpm/lockfile.utils':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../lockfile/utils
@@ -4166,9 +4200,6 @@ importers:
       p-limit:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.1.0
-      p-map-values:
-        specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 1.0.0
       path-exists:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 4.0.0