diff --git a/__fixtures__/has-broken-symlink/has-broken-symlink.tar.gz b/__fixtures__/has-broken-symlink/has-broken-symlink.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a12ecb11c..0000000000
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diff --git a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/index.js b/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5a79544f..0000000000
--- a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = () => require('./package.json').name
diff --git a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/package.json b/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ea2caa9c80..0000000000
--- a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "tar-pkg",
-  "version": "1.0.0"
-}
diff --git a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/pnpm-lock.yaml b/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/pnpm-lock.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b60ae1782..0000000000
--- a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-lockfileVersion: '9.0'
-
-settings:
-  autoInstallPeers: true
-  excludeLinksFromLockfile: false
-
-importers:
-
-  .: {}
diff --git a/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz b/__fixtures__/tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 000caee73f..0000000000
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diff --git a/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/package.json b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abc4ae0322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir": "workspace:*",
+    "@types/node": "catalog:"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "lint": "eslint src/**/*.ts",
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run compile",
+    "test": "pnpm run compile",
+    "compile": "rimraf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo lib && tsc --build"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/src/index.ts b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9404b4a386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+
+// The testing folder should be outside of the project to avoid lookup in the project's node_modules
+// Not using the OS temp directory due to issues on Windows CI.
+const tmpBaseDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../../../pnpm_tmp')
+
+const tmpPath = path.join(tmpBaseDir, `${getFilesCountInDir(tmpBaseDir).toString()}_${process.pid.toString()}`)
+
+let dirNumber = 0
+
+export function tempDir (chdir: boolean = true): string {
+  dirNumber++
+  const dirname = dirNumber.toString()
+  const tmpDir = path.join(tmpPath, dirname)
+  fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true })
+
+  if (chdir) process.chdir(tmpDir)
+
+  return tmpDir
+}
+
+function getFilesCountInDir (dir: string): number {
+  try {
+    return fs.readdirSync(dir).length
+  } catch {
+    return 0
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.json b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6f0399f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "extends": "@pnpm/tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src"
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": []
+}
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.lint.json b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.lint.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bbe711971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__utils__/prepare-temp-dir/tsconfig.lint.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+    "test/**/*.ts",
+    "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare/package.json b/__utils__/prepare/package.json
index 6857bbab25..d39c44112a 100644
--- a/__utils__/prepare/package.json
+++ b/__utils__/prepare/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
     "@pnpm/assert-project": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
     "write-json5-file": "^3.1.0",
     "write-pkg": "catalog:",
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare/src/index.ts b/__utils__/prepare/src/index.ts
index f82fdc8a4f..b3d2857d26 100644
--- a/__utils__/prepare/src/index.ts
+++ b/__utils__/prepare/src/index.ts
@@ -2,39 +2,14 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { assertProject, type Modules, type Project } from '@pnpm/assert-project'
 import { type ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
+import { tempDir } from '@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir'
 import { sync as writeJson5File } from 'write-json5-file'
 import { sync as writeYamlFile } from 'write-yaml-file'
 import writePkg from 'write-pkg'
 
 export type { Modules, Project }
 export type ManifestFormat = 'JSON' | 'JSON5' | 'YAML'
-
-// The testing folder should be outside of the project to avoid lookup in the project's node_modules
-// Not using the OS temp directory due to issues on Windows CI.
-const tmpBaseDir = path.join(__dirname, '../../../../pnpm_tmp')
-
-function getFilesCountInDir (dir: string): number {
-  try {
-    return fs.readdirSync(dir).length
-  } catch {
-    return 0
-  }
-}
-
-const tmpPath = path.join(tmpBaseDir, `${getFilesCountInDir(tmpBaseDir).toString()}_${process.pid.toString()}`)
-
-let dirNumber = 0
-
-export function tempDir (chdir: boolean = true): string {
-  dirNumber++
-  const dirname = dirNumber.toString()
-  const tmpDir = path.join(tmpPath, dirname)
-  fs.mkdirSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true })
-
-  if (chdir) process.chdir(tmpDir)
-
-  return tmpDir
-}
+export { tempDir }
 
 interface LocationAndManifest {
   location: string
diff --git a/__utils__/prepare/tsconfig.json b/__utils__/prepare/tsconfig.json
index b6f10467f4..7259768768 100644
--- a/__utils__/prepare/tsconfig.json
+++ b/__utils__/prepare/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     },
     {
       "path": "../assert-project"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../prepare-temp-dir"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/__utils__/test-fixtures/package.json b/__utils__/test-fixtures/package.json
index 97751b9fc4..6958b80ca3 100644
--- a/__utils__/test-fixtures/package.json
+++ b/__utils__/test-fixtures/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "pnpm run compile"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@pnpm/prepare": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir": "workspace:*",
     "fs-extra": "catalog:"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/__utils__/test-fixtures/src/index.ts b/__utils__/test-fixtures/src/index.ts
index e5161b9b32..de4a8bc887 100644
--- a/__utils__/test-fixtures/src/index.ts
+++ b/__utils__/test-fixtures/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
-import { tempDir } from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import { tempDir } from '@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir'
 
 export interface FixturesHandle {
   copy: (name: string, dest: string) => void
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ function findFixture (dir: string, name: string): string {
     if (fs.existsSync(checkDir)) return checkDir
     checkDir = path.join(dir, '__fixtures__', name)
     if (fs.existsSync(checkDir)) return checkDir
+    checkDir = path.join(dir, 'node_modules/@pnpm/tgz-fixtures/tgz', name)
+    if (fs.existsSync(checkDir)) return checkDir
     if (dir === root) throw new Error(`Local package "${name}" not found`)
     dir = path.dirname(dir)
   }
diff --git a/__utils__/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json b/__utils__/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json
index 7b1ede671a..609fe94b80 100644
--- a/__utils__/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json
+++ b/__utils__/test-fixtures/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../prepare"
+      "path": "../prepare-temp-dir"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/fetching/tarball-fetcher/test/fixtures/babel-helper-hoist-variables-6.24.1.tgz b/fetching/tarball-fetcher/test/fixtures/babel-helper-hoist-variables-6.24.1.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 41b0184bdf..0000000000
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diff --git a/fetching/tarball-fetcher/test/fixtures/babel-helper-hoist-variables-7.0.0-alpha.10.tgz b/fetching/tarball-fetcher/test/fixtures/babel-helper-hoist-variables-7.0.0-alpha.10.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index c074b44bda..0000000000
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d0efb0b0c..b9709ced7e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "@pnpm/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/jest-config": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/meta-updater": "catalog:",
+    "@pnpm/tgz-fixtures": "0.0.0",
     "@pnpm/tsconfig": "workspace:*",
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
     "@types/node": "catalog:",
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/missing-pkg-name.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/missing-pkg-name.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index de813c551a..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/missing-pkg-name/package.json b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/missing-pkg-name/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0967ef424b..0000000000
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/missing-pkg-name/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-1-dep-100.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-1-dep-100.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index f501a15344..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true/pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true/pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 30a4189bc1..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-bundled-dependencies/pkg-with-bundled-dependencies-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/pkg-with-bundled-dependencies/pkg-with-bundled-dependencies-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c4a31028..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-1/package.json b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-1/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d129af51b..0000000000
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-1/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "tar-pkg-with-dep",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "is-positive": "^1.0.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-1/tar-pkg-with-dep-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-1/tar-pkg-with-dep-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 62c79c0c84..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-2/package.json b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-2/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 55980c56eb..0000000000
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-2/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "tar-pkg-with-dep",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "is-positive": "^2.0.0"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-2/tar-pkg-with-dep-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-dep-2/tar-pkg-with-dep-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 17f89e400d..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-peers/tar-pkg-with-peers-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/fixtures/tar-pkg-with-peers/tar-pkg-with-peers-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a2ee4dd37..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/bundledDependencies.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/bundledDependencies.ts
index 8c678ddd4b..9774faadca 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/bundledDependencies.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/bundledDependencies.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test('bundledDependencies (pkg-with-bundled-dependencies@1.0.0)', async () => {
 test('local tarball with bundledDependencies', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
 
-  f.copy('pkg-with-bundled-dependencies/pkg-with-bundled-dependencies-1.0.0.tgz', 'pkg.tgz')
+  f.copy('pkg-with-bundled-dependencies-1.0.0.tgz', 'pkg.tgz')
   await addDependenciesToPackage({}, ['file:pkg.tgz'], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
 
   const lockfile = project.readLockfile()
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test('local tarball with bundledDependencies', async () => {
 test('local tarball with bundledDependencies true', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
 
-  f.copy('pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true/pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true-1.0.0.tgz', 'pkg.tgz')
+  f.copy('pkg-with-bundle-dependencies-true-1.0.0.tgz', 'pkg.tgz')
   await addDependenciesToPackage({}, ['file:pkg.tgz'], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
 
   const lockfile = project.readLockfile()
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/local.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/local.ts
index c17aa976c7..0e2a4b4503 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/local.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/local.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ test('local file with symlinked node_modules', async () => {
 
 test('package with a broken symlink', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
-  await addDependenciesToPackage({}, [f.find('has-broken-symlink/has-broken-symlink.tar.gz')], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
+  await addDependenciesToPackage({}, [f.find('has-broken-symlink.tar.gz')], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
 
   const m = project.requireModule('has-broken-symlink')
 
@@ -173,20 +173,20 @@ test('package with a broken symlink', async () => {
 
 test('tarball local package', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
-  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({}, [f.find('tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz')], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
+  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({}, [f.find('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz')], testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false }))
 
   const m = project.requireModule('tar-pkg')
 
   expect(m()).toBe('tar-pkg')
 
-  const pkgSpec = `file:${normalizePath(f.find('tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz'))}`
+  const pkgSpec = `file:${normalizePath(f.find('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz'))}`
   expect(manifest.dependencies).toStrictEqual({ 'tar-pkg': pkgSpec })
 
   const lockfile = project.readLockfile()
   expect(lockfile.packages[`tar-pkg@${lockfile.importers['.'].dependencies!['tar-pkg'].version}`]).toStrictEqual({
     resolution: {
       integrity: 'sha512-HP/5Rgt3pVFLzjmN9qJJ6vZMgCwoCIl/m2bPndYT283CUqnmFiMx0GeeIJ7SyK6TYoJM78SEvFEOQie++caHqw==',
-      tarball: `file:${normalizePath(path.relative(process.cwd(), f.find('tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz')))}`,
+      tarball: `file:${normalizePath(path.relative(process.cwd(), f.find('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz')))}`,
     },
     version: '1.0.0',
   })
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ test('tarball local package', async () => {
 test('tarball local package from project directory', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
 
-  f.copy('tar-pkg/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz', path.resolve('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz'))
+  f.copy('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz', path.resolve('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz'))
 
   const manifest = await install({
     dependencies: {
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/peerDependencies.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/peerDependencies.ts
index 1a7ba188f2..b32c9cb356 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/install/peerDependencies.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/install/peerDependencies.ts
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ test('local tarball dependency with peer dependency', async () => {
   const reporter = sinon.spy()
 
   const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({}, [
-    `file:${f.find('tar-pkg-with-peers/tar-pkg-with-peers-1.0.0.tgz')}`,
+    `file:${f.find('tar-pkg-with-peers-1.0.0.tgz')}`,
     'bar@npm:@pnpm.e2e/bar@100.0.0',
     'foo@npm:@pnpm.e2e/foo@100.0.0',
   ], testDefaults({ reporter }))
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
index 78aa190ad5..3bcd337a3f 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ const REGISTRY_MIRROR_DIR = path.join(__dirname, './registry-mirror')
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 const isPositiveMeta = loadJsonFile.sync<any>(path.join(REGISTRY_MIRROR_DIR, 'is-positive.json'))
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
-const tarballPath = path.join(REGISTRY_MIRROR_DIR, 'is-positive-3.1.0.tgz')
+const tarballPath = f.find('is-positive-3.1.0.tgz')
 
 test('tarball domain differs from registry domain', async () => {
   nock('https://registry.example.com', { allowUnmocked: true })
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/registry-mirror/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/core/test/registry-mirror/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 752bb921e4..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/test/fixtures/has-local-dep/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/headless/test/fixtures/has-local-dep/tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 000caee73f..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/headless/test/index.ts b/pkg-manager/headless/test/index.ts
index 3e31dc416e..f60c4cb768 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/headless/test/index.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/headless/test/index.ts
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ test('available packages are relinked during forced install', async () => {
 
 test('installing local dependency', async () => {
   let prefix = f.prepare('has-local-dep')
+  f.copy('tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz', path.join(prefix, 'tar-pkg-1.0.0.tgz'))
   prefix = path.join(prefix, 'pkg')
   const reporter = sinon.spy()
 
diff --git a/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/is-positive-1.0.0.tgz b/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/is-positive-1.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b744ef30..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/pnpm-package-requester-0.8.1.tgz b/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/pnpm-package-requester-0.8.1.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 30b3e2af9f..0000000000
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diff --git a/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/pnpm-package-requester-4.1.2.tgz b/pkg-manager/package-requester/test/fixtures/pnpm-package-requester-4.1.2.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e2c189e06..0000000000
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diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 2047523d0c..54304a6ce2 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/meta-updater':
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 2.0.3
+      '@pnpm/tgz-fixtures':
+        specifier: 0.0.0
+        version: 0.0.0
       '@pnpm/tsconfig':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:__utils__/tsconfig
@@ -972,6 +975,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/assert-project':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../assert-project
+      '@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../prepare-temp-dir
       '@pnpm/types':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/types
@@ -992,6 +998,15 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 18.19.34
 
+  __utils__/prepare-temp-dir:
+    devDependencies:
+      '@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: 'link:'
+      '@types/node':
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 18.19.34
+
   __utils__/scripts:
     dependencies:
       '@pnpm/workspace.find-packages':
@@ -1025,9 +1040,9 @@ importers:
 
   __utils__/test-fixtures:
     dependencies:
-      '@pnpm/prepare':
+      '@pnpm/prepare-temp-dir':
         specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../prepare
+        version: link:../prepare-temp-dir
       fs-extra:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 11.2.0
@@ -7060,6 +7075,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/store.cafs':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: 'link:'
+      '@pnpm/test-fixtures':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../__utils__/test-fixtures
       '@pnpm/types':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/types
@@ -9091,6 +9109,9 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-BSGvYd59kPKVTUk1InekEp+TiPnJ8650/bQyiOUFSvqHi61YipcR+E4H2i3xTnk2e+GHdGbXvEtAZbQmyxb0/g==}
     engines: {node: '>=18.12'}
 
+  '@pnpm/tgz-fixtures@0.0.0':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6YlfA/aWpeYbX9ADtSv3kKJYjTUE8rXw3gKzLPuO8hc4S7fP6sZwQXaYP7uwyWieU45TR3u0V/g8esQQYZrGMA==}
+
   '@pnpm/types@11.1.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-wnlOhu7hjv9/qsf2cbK0YqpaV9c4LS69Utxd+r8hq/GWhyrOHcM1QOlfQb0Mzci0q4DDgB8VXT4dhBnEBL4c5g==}
     engines: {node: '>=18.12'}
@@ -16066,6 +16087,8 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       strip-comments-strings: 1.2.0
 
+  '@pnpm/tgz-fixtures@0.0.0': {}
+
   '@pnpm/types@11.1.0': {}
 
   '@pnpm/types@12.0.0': {}
diff --git a/resolving/local-resolver/test/index.ts b/resolving/local-resolver/test/index.ts
index c9d9c77f17..81925d7d0a 100644
--- a/resolving/local-resolver/test/index.ts
+++ b/resolving/local-resolver/test/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { type DirectoryResolution } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
 import normalize from 'normalize-path'
 import { logger } from '@pnpm/logger'
 
+const TEST_DIR = path.dirname(require.resolve('@pnpm/tgz-fixtures/tgz/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz'))
+
 test('resolve directory', async () => {
   const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal({ pref: '..' }, { projectDir: __dirname })
   expect(resolveResult!.id).toEqual('link:..')
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ test('resolve directory specified using the link: protocol', async () => {
 
 test('resolve file', async () => {
   const wantedDependency = { pref: './pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz' }
-  const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: __dirname })
+  const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: TEST_DIR })
 
   expect(resolveResult).toEqual({
     id: 'file:pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
@@ -79,16 +81,16 @@ test('resolve file', async () => {
 test("resolve file when lockfile directory differs from the package's dir", async () => {
   const wantedDependency = { pref: './pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz' }
   const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, {
-    lockfileDir: path.join(__dirname, '..'),
-    projectDir: __dirname,
+    lockfileDir: path.join(TEST_DIR, '..'),
+    projectDir: TEST_DIR,
   })
 
   expect(resolveResult).toEqual({
-    id: 'file:test/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
+    id: 'file:tgz/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
     normalizedPref: 'file:pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
     resolution: {
       integrity: 'sha512-UHd2zKRT/w70KKzFlj4qcT81A1Q0H7NM9uKxLzIZ/VZqJXzt5Hnnp2PYPb5Ezq/hAamoYKIn5g7fuv69kP258w==',
-      tarball: 'file:test/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
+      tarball: 'file:tgz/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
     },
     resolvedVia: 'local-filesystem',
   })
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ test("resolve file when lockfile directory differs from the package's dir", asyn
 
 test('resolve tarball specified with file: protocol', async () => {
   const wantedDependency = { pref: 'file:./pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz' }
-  const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: __dirname })
+  const resolveResult = await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: TEST_DIR })
 
   expect(resolveResult).toEqual({
     id: 'file:pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz',
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ test('resolve tarball specified with file: protocol', async () => {
 test('fail when resolving tarball specified with the link: protocol', async () => {
   try {
     const wantedDependency = { pref: 'link:./pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz' }
-    await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: __dirname })
+    await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency, { projectDir: TEST_DIR })
     fail()
   } catch (err: any) { // eslint-disable-line
     expect(err).toBeDefined()
diff --git a/resolving/local-resolver/test/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz b/resolving/local-resolver/test/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index ce08408f9c..0000000000
Binary files a/resolving/local-resolver/test/pnpm-local-resolver-0.1.1.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/__fixtures__/devextreme-17.1.6.tgz b/store/cafs/__fixtures__/devextreme-17.1.6.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index c666014670..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/__fixtures__/devextreme-17.1.6.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/__fixtures__/node-gyp-6.1.0.tgz b/store/cafs/__fixtures__/node-gyp-6.1.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 476b2dada3..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/__fixtures__/node-gyp-6.1.0.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/package.json b/store/cafs/package.json
index 88464c8f0d..a35b06bef1 100644
--- a/store/cafs/package.json
+++ b/store/cafs/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@pnpm/cafs-types": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/store.cafs": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/test-fixtures": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
     "@types/is-gzip": "catalog:",
     "@types/node": "catalog:",
diff --git a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/colorize-semver-diff.tgz b/store/cafs/test/fixtures/colorize-semver-diff.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index c1f8494040..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/colorize-semver-diff.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/jquery.dirtyforms-2.0.0.tgz b/store/cafs/test/fixtures/jquery.dirtyforms-2.0.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a57053a0f..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/jquery.dirtyforms-2.0.0.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/parsers-3.0.0-rc.48.1.tgz b/store/cafs/test/fixtures/parsers-3.0.0-rc.48.1.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 745f120dec..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/parsers-3.0.0-rc.48.1.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/vue.examples.todomvc.todo-store-0.0.1.tgz b/store/cafs/test/fixtures/vue.examples.todomvc.todo-store-0.0.1.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 688fb30b80..0000000000
Binary files a/store/cafs/test/fixtures/vue.examples.todomvc.todo-store-0.0.1.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/store/cafs/test/index.ts b/store/cafs/test/index.ts
index 670f11cc75..a60f89f89e 100644
--- a/store/cafs/test/index.ts
+++ b/store/cafs/test/index.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import symlinkDir from 'symlink-dir'
 import tempy from 'tempy'
+import { fixtures } from '@pnpm/test-fixtures'
 import {
   createCafs,
   checkPkgFilesIntegrity,
   getFilePathByModeInCafs,
 } from '../src'
 
+const f = fixtures(__dirname)
+
 describe('cafs', () => {
   it('unpack', () => {
     const dest = tempy.directory()
     const cafs = createCafs(dest)
     const { filesIndex } = cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-      fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../__fixtures__/node-gyp-6.1.0.tgz'))
+      fs.readFileSync(f.find('node-gyp-6.1.0.tgz'))
     )
     expect(Object.keys(filesIndex)).toHaveLength(121)
     const pkgFile = filesIndex['package.json']
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ test('file names are normalized when unpacking a tarball', () => {
   const dest = tempy.directory()
   const cafs = createCafs(dest)
   const { filesIndex } = cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/colorize-semver-diff.tgz'))
+    fs.readFileSync(f.find('colorize-semver-diff.tgz'))
   )
   expect(Object.keys(filesIndex).sort()).toStrictEqual([
     'LICENSE',
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ test('broken magic in tarball headers is handled gracefully', () => {
   const dest = tempy.directory()
   const cafs = createCafs(dest)
   cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/jquery.dirtyforms-2.0.0.tgz'))
+    fs.readFileSync(f.find('jquery.dirtyforms-2.0.0.tgz'))
   )
 })
 
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ test('unpack an older version of tar that prefixes with spaces', () => {
   const dest = tempy.directory()
   const cafs = createCafs(dest)
   const { filesIndex } = cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/parsers-3.0.0-rc.48.1.tgz'))
+    fs.readFileSync(f.find('parsers-3.0.0-rc.48.1.tgz'))
   )
   expect(Object.keys(filesIndex).sort()).toStrictEqual([
     'lib/grammars/resolution.d.ts',
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ test('unpack a tarball that contains hard links', () => {
   const dest = tempy.directory()
   const cafs = createCafs(dest)
   const { filesIndex } = cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/vue.examples.todomvc.todo-store-0.0.1.tgz'))
+    fs.readFileSync(f.find('vue.examples.todomvc.todo-store-0.0.1.tgz'))
   )
   expect(Object.keys(filesIndex).length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
 })
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ test('unpack should not fail when the tarball format seems to be not USTAR or GN
   const dest = tempy.directory()
   const cafs = createCafs(dest)
   const { filesIndex } = cafs.addFilesFromTarball(
-    fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '../__fixtures__/devextreme-17.1.6.tgz'))
+    fs.readFileSync(f.find('devextreme-17.1.6.tgz'))
   )
   expect(Object.keys(filesIndex).length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
 })
diff --git a/store/cafs/tsconfig.json b/store/cafs/tsconfig.json
index 9444b8a138..e00a610153 100644
--- a/store/cafs/tsconfig.json
+++ b/store/cafs/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../__utils__/test-fixtures"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../../fetching/fetcher-base"
     },
diff --git a/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz b/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index bd939bd2db..0000000000
Binary files a/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/selfUpdate.test.ts b/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/selfUpdate.test.ts
index e513db590c..bd1dec66bf 100644
--- a/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/selfUpdate.test.ts
+++ b/tools/plugin-commands-self-updater/test/selfUpdate.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { selfUpdate } from '@pnpm/tools.plugin-commands-self-updater'
 import spawn from 'cross-spawn'
 import nock from 'nock'
 
+const pnpmTarballPath = require.resolve('@pnpm/tgz-fixtures/tgz/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz')
+
 jest.mock('@pnpm/cli-meta', () => {
   const actualModule = jest.requireActual('@pnpm/cli-meta')
 
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ test('self-update', async () => {
     .reply(200, createMetadata('9.1.0', opts.registries.default))
   nock(opts.registries.default)
     .get('/pnpm/-/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz')
-    .replyWithFile(200, path.join(__dirname, 'pnpm-9.1.0.tgz'))
+    .replyWithFile(200, pnpmTarballPath)
 
   await selfUpdate.handler(opts, [])
 
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ test('self-update by exact version', async () => {
     .reply(200, createMetadata('9.2.0', opts.registries.default, ['9.1.0']))
   nock(opts.registries.default)
     .get('/pnpm/-/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz')
-    .replyWithFile(200, path.join(__dirname, 'pnpm-9.1.0.tgz'))
+    .replyWithFile(200, pnpmTarballPath)
 
   await selfUpdate.handler(opts, ['9.1.0'])
 
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ test('self-update updates the packageManager field in package.json', async () =>
     .reply(200, createMetadata('9.1.0', opts.registries.default))
   nock(opts.registries.default)
     .get('/pnpm/-/pnpm-9.1.0.tgz')
-    .replyWithFile(200, path.join(__dirname, 'pnpm-9.1.0.tgz'))
+    .replyWithFile(200, pnpmTarballPath)
 
   const output = await selfUpdate.handler(opts, [])