diff --git a/.changeset/tired-hotels-jog.md b/.changeset/tired-hotels-jog.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e03fffbe32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tired-hotels-jog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/resolving.npm-resolver": patch
+---
+
+Fixed a bug preventing the `clearCache` function returned by `createNpmResolver` from properly clearing metadata cache.
diff --git a/resolving/npm-resolver/src/index.ts b/resolving/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
index 2b539dfd74..aaaaf07541 100644
--- a/resolving/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
+++ b/resolving/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { resolveWorkspaceRange } from '@pnpm/workspace.range-resolver'
 import { LRUCache } from 'lru-cache'
 import normalize from 'normalize-path'
-import pMemoize from 'p-memoize'
+import pMemoize, { pMemoizeClear } from 'p-memoize'
 import { clone } from 'ramda'
 import semver from 'semver'
 import ssri from 'ssri'
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ export function createNpmResolver (
     resolveFromJsr: resolveJsr.bind(null, ctx),
     clearCache: () => {
       metaCache.clear()
+      pMemoizeClear(fetch)
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/resolving/npm-resolver/test/clearCache.test.ts b/resolving/npm-resolver/test/clearCache.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d296e2580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resolving/npm-resolver/test/clearCache.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/network.fetch'
+import { createNpmResolver } from '@pnpm/resolving.npm-resolver'
+import type { PackageMeta } from '@pnpm/resolving.registry.types'
+import type { Registries } from '@pnpm/types'
+import nock from 'nock'
+import { temporaryDirectory } from 'tempy'
+
+const registries: Registries = {
+  default: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/',
+}
+
+const fetch = createFetchFromRegistry({})
+const getAuthHeader = () => undefined
+const createResolveFromNpm = createNpmResolver.bind(null, fetch, getAuthHeader)
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  nock.disableNetConnect()
+})
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  // https://github.com/nock/nock?tab=readme-ov-file#resetting-netconnect
+  nock.cleanAll()
+  nock.enableNetConnect()
+})
+
+test('metadata is fetched again after calling clearCache()', async () => {
+  const name = 'test-package'
+  const meta: PackageMeta = {
+    name,
+    versions: {
+      '3.0.0': {
+        name,
+        version: '3.0.0',
+        // Generated locally through: echo '1.1.0-beta' | sha1sum
+        dist: { shasum: '8c6981d7f982c3e2986fda2f34282264a4db344c', tarball: `https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}/-/${name}-3.0.0.tgz` },
+      },
+    },
+    'dist-tags': {
+      latest: '3.0.0',
+    },
+    time: {
+      '3.0.0': '2020-02-01T00:00:00.000Z',
+    },
+  }
+
+  nock(registries.default)
+    .get(`/${name}`)
+    .reply(200, meta)
+
+  const cacheDir = temporaryDirectory()
+  const { resolveFromNpm, clearCache } = createResolveFromNpm({
+    cacheDir,
+    fullMetadata: true,
+    registries,
+    storeDir: temporaryDirectory(),
+  })
+
+  const res = await resolveFromNpm({ alias: name, bareSpecifier: 'latest' }, {})
+  expect(res?.id).toBe(`${name}@3.0.0`)
+
+  // Simulate publishing a new 3.1.0 version.
+  meta.versions['3.1.0'] = {
+    name,
+    version: '3.1.0',
+    dist: { shasum: '5f022945150b402cb3e470acc3818847b3dc5e00', tarball: `https://registry.npmjs.org/${name}/-/${name}-3.1.0.tgz` },
+  }
+  meta['dist-tags'].latest = '3.1.0'
+
+  const scope = nock(registries.default)
+    .get(`/${name}`)
+    .reply(200, meta)
+
+  // Until the cache is cleared, the resolver will still return 3.0.0.
+  const res2 = await resolveFromNpm({ alias: name, bareSpecifier: 'latest' }, {})
+  expect(res2?.id).toBe(`${name}@3.0.0`)
+  expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(false)
+
+  clearCache()
+
+  // After clearing cache, the resolver should start returning 3.1.0.
+  const res3 = await resolveFromNpm({ alias: name, bareSpecifier: 'latest' }, {})
+  expect(res3?.id).toBe(`${name}@3.1.0`)
+  expect(scope.isDone()).toBe(true)
+})