diff --git a/.changeset/shaggy-frogs-carry.md b/.changeset/shaggy-frogs-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44244baed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/shaggy-frogs-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": patch
+---
+
+Allow to use `--save-workspace-protocol` with the install/update commands.
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
index c44862c30d..3c8500c32f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/install.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes () {
     'public-hoist-pattern',
     'registry',
     'reporter',
+    'save-workspace-protocol',
     'shamefully-flatten',
     'shamefully-hoist',
     'shared-workspace-lockfile',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
index 2bbb8870e2..8a11a22f93 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/update/index.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function rcOptionsTypes () {
     'reporter',
     'save',
     'save-exact',
+    'save-workspace-protocol',
     'shamefully-flatten',
     'shamefully-hoist',
     'shared-workspace-lockfile',