diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-sheep-approve.md b/.changeset/hungry-sheep-approve.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..454de4facd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-sheep-approve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/hooks.read-package-hook": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Override peerDependencies in `pnpm.overrides` [#6759](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/6759).
diff --git a/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts b/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
index 22f732a72a..6e0930ca70 100644
--- a/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
+++ b/hooks/read-package-hook/src/createVersionsOverrider.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ function overrideDepsOfPkg (
   if (manifest.dependencies != null) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, genericVersionOverrides, manifest.dependencies, dir)
   if (manifest.optionalDependencies != null) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, genericVersionOverrides, manifest.optionalDependencies, dir)
   if (manifest.devDependencies != null) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, genericVersionOverrides, manifest.devDependencies, dir)
+  if (manifest.peerDependencies != null) overrideDeps(versionOverrides, genericVersionOverrides, manifest.peerDependencies, dir)
 }
 
 function overrideDeps (
diff --git a/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts b/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
index 7e4aa3f588..17592c64eb 100644
--- a/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
+++ b/hooks/read-package-hook/test/createVersionOverrider.test.ts
@@ -382,4 +382,25 @@ test('createVersionsOverrider() matches intersections', () => {
   ).toStrictEqual({
     dependencies: { foo: '>=1.2.4' },
   })
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
+
+test('createVersionsOverrider() overrides peerDependencies of another dependency', () => {
+  const overrider = createVersionsOverrider({
+    'react-dom>react': '18.1.0',
+  }, process.cwd())
+  expect(
+    overrider({
+      name: 'react-dom',
+      version: '18.2.0',
+      peerDependencies: {
+        react: '18.2.0',
+      },
+    })
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    name: 'react-dom',
+    version: '18.2.0',
+    peerDependencies: {
+      react: '18.1.0',
+    },
+  })
+})