diff --git a/.changeset/nice-geese-press.md b/.changeset/nice-geese-press.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5573d8dd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nice-geese-press.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/lockfile-utils": patch
+---
+
+When checking if the lockfile is up-to-date, an empty dependenciesMeta field in the manifest should be satisfied by a not set field in the lockfile.
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-utils/src/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts b/packages/lockfile-utils/src/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
index 679eaca7df..b108dafff6 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-utils/src/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-utils/src/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export default (lockfile: Lockfile, pkg: ProjectManifest, importerId: string) =>
   if (!equals({ ...pkg.devDependencies, ...pkg.dependencies, ...pkg.optionalDependencies }, importer.specifiers)) {
     return false
   }
-  if (!equals(pkg.dependenciesMeta, importer.dependenciesMeta)) return false
+  if (!equals(pkg.dependenciesMeta ?? {}, importer.dependenciesMeta ?? {})) return false
   for (const depField of DEPENDENCIES_FIELDS) {
     const importerDeps = importer[depField] ?? {}
     const pkgDeps = pkg[depField] ?? {}
diff --git a/packages/lockfile-utils/test/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts b/packages/lockfile-utils/test/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
index 3261cf2953..5812a40492 100644
--- a/packages/lockfile-utils/test/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
+++ b/packages/lockfile-utils/test/satisfiesPackageManifest.ts
@@ -236,4 +236,27 @@ test('satisfiesPackageManifest()', () => {
       foo: '1.0.0',
     },
   }, '.')).toBe(true)
+
+  expect(satisfiesPackageManifest({
+    ...DEFAULT_LOCKFILE_FIELDS,
+    importers: {
+      '.': {
+        dependencies: {
+          foo: '1.0.0',
+        },
+        specifiers: {
+          foo: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  }, {
+    ...DEFAULT_PKG_FIELDS,
+    dependencies: {
+      foo: '1.0.0',
+    },
+    devDependencies: {
+      foo: '1.0.0',
+    },
+    dependenciesMeta: {},
+  }, '.')).toBe(true)
 })