diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-candles-report.md b/.changeset/lovely-candles-report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d566f1482c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-candles-report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/default-resolver": major
+"@pnpm/tarball-resolver": major
+"@pnpm/core": major
+"pnpm": major
+---
+
+Dependencies specified via a URL are now recorded in the lockfile using their final resolved URL. Thus, if the original URL redirects, the final redirect target will be saved in the lockfile [#8833](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/8833).
diff --git a/.changeset/rare-singers-kneel.md b/.changeset/rare-singers-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2787170799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-singers-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/fetch": minor
+"@pnpm/fetching-types": minor
+---
+
+The `fetch` function accepts a `method` option now.
diff --git a/network/fetch/src/fetchFromRegistry.ts b/network/fetch/src/fetchFromRegistry.ts
index accf121306..3a9a836114 100644
--- a/network/fetch/src/fetchFromRegistry.ts
+++ b/network/fetch/src/fetchFromRegistry.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function createFetchFromRegistry (
         },
         // if verifying integrity, node-fetch must not decompress
         compress: opts?.compress ?? false,
+        method: opts?.method,
         headers,
         redirect: 'manual',
         retry: opts?.retry,
diff --git a/network/fetching-types/src/index.ts b/network/fetching-types/src/index.ts
index ffc3d730e3..ecaf30e255 100644
--- a/network/fetching-types/src/index.ts
+++ b/network/fetching-types/src/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import { type RetryTimeoutOptions } from '@zkochan/retry'
-import { type Response } from 'node-fetch'
+import { type Response, type RequestInit as NodeRequestInit } from 'node-fetch'
 
 export type { RetryTimeoutOptions }
 
+export interface RequestInit extends NodeRequestInit {
+  retry?: RetryTimeoutOptions
+  timeout?: number
+}
+
 export type FetchFromRegistry = (
   url: string,
-  opts?: {
+  opts?: RequestInit & {
     authHeaderValue?: string
     compress?: boolean
     retry?: RetryTimeoutOptions
diff --git a/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts b/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
index b072f7d07e..758ddb2bde 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/core/test/lockfile.ts
@@ -1118,6 +1118,9 @@ test('tarball domain differs from registry domain', async () => {
 })
 
 test('tarball installed through non-standard URL endpoint from the registry domain', async () => {
+  nock('https://registry.npmjs.org', { allowUnmocked: true })
+    .head('/is-positive/download/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz')
+    .reply(200, '')
   nock('https://registry.npmjs.org', { allowUnmocked: true })
     .get('/is-positive/download/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz')
     .replyWithFile(200, tarballPath)
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6227dc7bbc..5f50f44ea9 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -6517,10 +6517,16 @@ importers:
 
   resolving/tarball-resolver:
     dependencies:
+      '@pnpm/fetching-types':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../network/fetching-types
       '@pnpm/resolver-base':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../resolver-base
     devDependencies:
+      '@pnpm/fetch':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../../network/fetch
       '@pnpm/tarball-resolver':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: 'link:'
diff --git a/resolving/default-resolver/src/index.ts b/resolving/default-resolver/src/index.ts
index 4c17a91c41..b97a69436d 100644
--- a/resolving/default-resolver/src/index.ts
+++ b/resolving/default-resolver/src/index.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export function createResolver (
     resolve: async (wantedDependency, opts) => {
       const resolution = await resolveFromNpm(wantedDependency, opts as ResolveFromNpmOptions) ??
         (wantedDependency.pref && (
-          await resolveFromTarball(wantedDependency as { pref: string }) ??
+          await resolveFromTarball(fetchFromRegistry, wantedDependency as { pref: string }) ??
           await resolveFromGit(wantedDependency as { pref: string }) ??
           await resolveFromLocal(wantedDependency as { pref: string }, opts)
         ))
diff --git a/resolving/tarball-resolver/package.json b/resolving/tarball-resolver/package.json
index 386b6f2e05..b8b26d2c25 100644
--- a/resolving/tarball-resolver/package.json
+++ b/resolving/tarball-resolver/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/blob/main/resolving/tarball-resolver#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/fetching-types": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/resolver-base": "workspace:*"
   },
   "funding": "https://opencollective.com/pnpm",
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     "pnpm10"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@pnpm/fetch": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/tarball-resolver": "workspace:*"
   },
   "exports": {
diff --git a/resolving/tarball-resolver/src/index.ts b/resolving/tarball-resolver/src/index.ts
index 24142e61ca..e6e9fdb914 100644
--- a/resolving/tarball-resolver/src/index.ts
+++ b/resolving/tarball-resolver/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { type PkgResolutionId, type ResolveResult } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
+import { type FetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetching-types'
 
 export async function resolveFromTarball (
+  fetchFromRegistry: FetchFromRegistry,
   wantedDependency: { pref: string }
 ): Promise<ResolveResult | null> {
   if (!wantedDependency.pref.startsWith('http:') && !wantedDependency.pref.startsWith('https:')) {
@@ -9,11 +11,14 @@ export async function resolveFromTarball (
 
   if (isRepository(wantedDependency.pref)) return null
 
+  // If there are redirects, we want to get the final URL address
+  const { url: resolvedUrl } = await fetchFromRegistry(wantedDependency.pref, { method: 'HEAD' })
+
   return {
-    id: wantedDependency.pref as PkgResolutionId,
-    normalizedPref: wantedDependency.pref,
+    id: resolvedUrl as PkgResolutionId,
+    normalizedPref: resolvedUrl,
     resolution: {
-      tarball: wantedDependency.pref,
+      tarball: resolvedUrl,
     },
     resolvedVia: 'url',
   }
diff --git a/resolving/tarball-resolver/test/index.ts b/resolving/tarball-resolver/test/index.ts
index 4c15f0541a..90e5247170 100644
--- a/resolving/tarball-resolver/test/index.ts
+++ b/resolving/tarball-resolver/test/index.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 /// <reference path="../../../__typings__/index.d.ts"/>
 // cspell:ignore buildserver
-import { resolveFromTarball } from '@pnpm/tarball-resolver'
+import { resolveFromTarball as _resolveFromTarball } from '@pnpm/tarball-resolver'
+import { createFetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
+
+const fetch = createFetchFromRegistry({})
+const resolveFromTarball = _resolveFromTarball.bind(null, fetch)
 
 test('tarball from npm registry', async () => {
   const resolutionResult = await resolveFromTarball({ pref: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz' })
 
   expect(resolutionResult).toStrictEqual({
-    id: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
-    normalizedPref: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
+    id: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
+    normalizedPref: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
     resolution: {
-      tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
+      tarball: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/is-array/-/is-array-1.0.1.tgz',
     },
     resolvedVia: 'url',
   })
 })
 
 test('tarball from URL that contain port number', async () => {
-  const resolutionResult = await resolveFromTarball({ pref: 'http://buildserver.mycompany.com:81/my-private-package-0.1.6.tgz' })
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  const fetch: any = async (url: string) => ({ url })
+  const resolutionResult = await _resolveFromTarball(fetch, { pref: 'http://buildserver.mycompany.com:81/my-private-package-0.1.6.tgz' })
 
   expect(resolutionResult).toStrictEqual({
     id: 'http://buildserver.mycompany.com:81/my-private-package-0.1.6.tgz',
@@ -32,10 +38,10 @@ test('tarball not from npm registry', async () => {
   const resolutionResult = await resolveFromTarball({ pref: 'https://github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/tarball/master' })
 
   expect(resolutionResult).toStrictEqual({
-    id: 'https://github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/tarball/master',
-    normalizedPref: 'https://github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/tarball/master',
+    id: 'https://codeload.github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/legacy.tar.gz/refs/heads/master',
+    normalizedPref: 'https://codeload.github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/legacy.tar.gz/refs/heads/master',
     resolution: {
-      tarball: 'https://github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/tarball/master',
+      tarball: 'https://codeload.github.com/hegemonic/taffydb/legacy.tar.gz/refs/heads/master',
     },
     resolvedVia: 'url',
   })
@@ -45,10 +51,10 @@ test('tarballs from GitHub (is-negative)', async () => {
   const resolutionResult = await resolveFromTarball({ pref: 'https://github.com/kevva/is-negative/archive/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c.tar.gz' })
 
   expect(resolutionResult).toStrictEqual({
-    id: 'https://github.com/kevva/is-negative/archive/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c.tar.gz',
-    normalizedPref: 'https://github.com/kevva/is-negative/archive/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c.tar.gz',
+    id: 'https://codeload.github.com/kevva/is-negative/tar.gz/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c',
+    normalizedPref: 'https://codeload.github.com/kevva/is-negative/tar.gz/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c',
     resolution: {
-      tarball: 'https://github.com/kevva/is-negative/archive/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c.tar.gz',
+      tarball: 'https://codeload.github.com/kevva/is-negative/tar.gz/1d7e288222b53a0cab90a331f1865220ec29560c',
     },
     resolvedVia: 'url',
   })
diff --git a/resolving/tarball-resolver/tsconfig.json b/resolving/tarball-resolver/tsconfig.json
index f24e79a0aa..ebb0a2ae33 100644
--- a/resolving/tarball-resolver/tsconfig.json
+++ b/resolving/tarball-resolver/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
     "../../__typings__/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../../network/fetch"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../network/fetching-types"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../resolver-base"
     }