diff --git a/config/commands/test/configSet.test.ts b/config/commands/test/configSet.test.ts
index 9d76d0d6da..7b1df8b985 100644
--- a/config/commands/test/configSet.test.ts
+++ b/config/commands/test/configSet.test.ts
@@ -870,3 +870,82 @@ test('config set when only pnpm-workspace.yaml exists, writes to it', async () =
   })
   expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tmp, '.npmrc'))).toBeFalsy()
 })
+
+test('config set --global https-proxy writes to config.yaml, not auth.ini', async () => {
+  const tmp = tempDir()
+  const configDir = path.join(tmp, 'global-config')
+  const initConfig = {
+    globalRc: undefined,
+    globalYaml: undefined,
+    localRc: undefined,
+    localYaml: undefined,
+  } satisfies ConfigFilesData
+  writeConfigFiles(configDir, tmp, initConfig)
+
+  await config.handler(createConfigCommandOpts({
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
+    configDir,
+    global: true,
+    authConfig: {},
+  }), ['set', 'https-proxy', 'http://proxy.example.com:8443'])
+
+  const result = readConfigFiles(configDir, tmp)
+  expect(result.globalYaml).toEqual({
+    httpsProxy: 'http://proxy.example.com:8443',
+  })
+  // Must NOT write to auth.ini
+  expect(result.globalRc).toBeUndefined()
+})
+
+test('config set --global httpProxy writes to config.yaml', async () => {
+  const tmp = tempDir()
+  const configDir = path.join(tmp, 'global-config')
+  const initConfig = {
+    globalRc: undefined,
+    globalYaml: undefined,
+    localRc: undefined,
+    localYaml: undefined,
+  } satisfies ConfigFilesData
+  writeConfigFiles(configDir, tmp, initConfig)
+
+  await config.handler(createConfigCommandOpts({
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
+    configDir,
+    global: true,
+    authConfig: {},
+  }), ['set', 'httpProxy', 'http://proxy.example.com:8080'])
+
+  const result = readConfigFiles(configDir, tmp)
+  expect(result.globalYaml).toEqual({
+    httpProxy: 'http://proxy.example.com:8080',
+  })
+  expect(result.globalRc).toBeUndefined()
+})
+
+test('config set --global no-proxy writes to config.yaml', async () => {
+  const tmp = tempDir()
+  const configDir = path.join(tmp, 'global-config')
+  const initConfig = {
+    globalRc: undefined,
+    globalYaml: undefined,
+    localRc: undefined,
+    localYaml: undefined,
+  } satisfies ConfigFilesData
+  writeConfigFiles(configDir, tmp, initConfig)
+
+  await config.handler(createConfigCommandOpts({
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
+    configDir,
+    global: true,
+    authConfig: {},
+  }), ['set', 'no-proxy', 'localhost,127.0.0.1'])
+
+  const result = readConfigFiles(configDir, tmp)
+  expect(result.globalYaml).toEqual({
+    noProxy: 'localhost,127.0.0.1',
+  })
+  expect(result.globalRc).toBeUndefined()
+})
diff --git a/config/reader/src/auth.ts b/config/reader/src/auth.ts
index dda7be19b1..79410f65e1 100644
--- a/config/reader/src/auth.ts
+++ b/config/reader/src/auth.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,21 @@ const RAW_AUTH_CFG_KEYS = [
   'cafile',
   'cert',
   'key',
-  'local-address',
-  'git-shallow-hosts',
+  'registry',
+] satisfies Array<keyof typeof types>
+
+/**
+ * Network-related keys that should be readable from .npmrc (for migration from npm)
+ * but written to YAML config files (config.yaml / pnpm-workspace.yaml).
+ */
+const NETWORK_INI_KEYS = [
   'https-proxy',
   'proxy',
   'no-proxy',
-  'registry',
+  'http-proxy',
+  'local-address',
   'strict-ssl',
-] satisfies Array<keyof typeof types>
+]
 
 const RAW_AUTH_CFG_KEY_SUFFIXES = [
   ':ca',
@@ -34,14 +41,8 @@ const AUTH_CFG_KEYS = [
   'cert',
   'configByUri',
   'key',
-  'localAddress',
-  'gitShallowHosts',
-  'httpsProxy',
-  'httpProxy',
-  'noProxy',
   'registry',
   'registries',
-  'strictSsl',
 ] satisfies Array<keyof Config>
 
 const NPM_AUTH_SETTINGS = [
@@ -94,6 +95,14 @@ export function inheritAuthConfig (target: InheritableConfigPair, src: Inheritab
 export const isIniConfigKey = (key: string): boolean =>
   key.startsWith('@') || key.startsWith('//') || NPM_AUTH_SETTINGS.includes(key)
 
+/**
+ * Whether the config key should be read from .npmrc files.
+ * This includes auth keys and proxy keys (proxy keys are readable from .npmrc
+ * for easier migration from npm, but are written to YAML config files).
+ */
+export const isNpmrcReadableKey = (key: string): boolean =>
+  isIniConfigKey(key) || NETWORK_INI_KEYS.includes(key)
+
 /**
  * Filter keys that are allowed to be read from an INI config file.
  */
diff --git a/config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts b/config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts
index 9e49805d17..2925e426fd 100644
--- a/config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts
+++ b/config/reader/src/configFileKey.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const pnpmConfigFileKeys = [
   'global-dir',
   'global-path',
   'global-pnpmfile',
+  'http-proxy',
   'optimistic-repeat-install',
   'loglevel',
   'maxsockets',
diff --git a/config/reader/src/index.ts b/config/reader/src/index.ts
index 3a7255363b..60f2b3fb56 100644
--- a/config/reader/src/index.ts
+++ b/config/reader/src/index.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export {
 } from './projectConfig.js'
 export type { Config, ConfigContext, ProjectConfig, UniversalOptions, VerifyDepsBeforeRun }
 
-export { isIniConfigKey } from './auth.js'
+export { isIniConfigKey, isNpmrcReadableKey } from './auth.js'
 export { type ConfigFileKey, isConfigFileKey } from './configFileKey.js'
 
 type CamelToKebabCase<S extends string> = S extends `${infer T}${infer U}`
diff --git a/config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts b/config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts
index 6f0a34bc28..8c818b05d2 100644
--- a/config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts
+++ b/config/reader/src/loadNpmrcFiles.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import { envReplace } from '@pnpm/config.env-replace'
 import { readIniFileSync } from 'read-ini-file'
 
-import { isIniConfigKey } from './auth.js'
+import { isNpmrcReadableKey } from './auth.js'
 
 export interface NpmrcConfigResult {
   /**
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function loadNpmrcConfig (opts: LoadNpmrcConfigOpts): NpmrcConfigResult {
   const mergedConfig: Record<string, unknown> = {}
   for (const source of [pnpmBuiltinConfig, opts.defaultOptions, userConfig, pnpmAuthConfig, workspaceNpmrc, opts.cliOptions]) {
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(source)) {
-      if (isIniConfigKey(key)) {
+      if (isNpmrcReadableKey(key)) {
         mergedConfig[key] = value
       }
     }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function readAndFilterNpmrc (
       : rawValue
 
     // Only keep auth/registry related keys
-    if (isIniConfigKey(key)) {
+    if (isNpmrcReadableKey(key)) {
       result[key] = value
     }
   }
diff --git a/config/reader/src/types.ts b/config/reader/src/types.ts
index 8cff63f3a6..2d9eac37d5 100644
--- a/config/reader/src/types.ts
+++ b/config/reader/src/types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export const pnpmTypes = {
   'global-pnpmfile': String,
   'git-branch-lockfile': Boolean,
   hoist: Boolean,
+  'http-proxy': [null, String],
   'hoist-pattern': Array,
   'hoist-workspace-packages': Boolean,
   'ignore-compatibility-db': Boolean,
diff --git a/config/reader/test/index.ts b/config/reader/test/index.ts
index a8fa31ed60..6ce973e58f 100644
--- a/config/reader/test/index.ts
+++ b/config/reader/test/index.ts
@@ -1451,6 +1451,102 @@ describe('global config.yaml', () => {
     // NOTE: the field may appear kebab-case here, but only internally,
     expect(config.dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds).toBeDefined()
   })
+
+  test('reads proxy settings from global config.yaml', async () => {
+    prepareEmpty()
+
+    fs.mkdirSync('.config/pnpm', { recursive: true })
+    writeYamlFileSync('.config/pnpm/config.yaml', {
+      httpProxy: 'http://proxy.example.com:8080',
+      httpsProxy: 'http://proxy.example.com:8443',
+      noProxy: 'localhost,127.0.0.1',
+    })
+
+    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = path.resolve('.config')
+
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {},
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+      workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
+    })
+
+    expect(config.httpProxy).toBe('http://proxy.example.com:8080')
+    expect(config.httpsProxy).toBe('http://proxy.example.com:8443')
+    expect(config.noProxy).toBe('localhost,127.0.0.1')
+  })
+
+  test('proxy settings from global config.yaml override .npmrc', async () => {
+    prepareEmpty()
+
+    // Set proxy in .npmrc (npm-style keys)
+    fs.writeFileSync('.npmrc', 'https-proxy=http://npmrc-proxy.example.com:8080', 'utf8')
+
+    // Set different proxy in global config.yaml
+    fs.mkdirSync('.config/pnpm', { recursive: true })
+    writeYamlFileSync('.config/pnpm/config.yaml', {
+      httpsProxy: 'http://yaml-proxy.example.com:9090',
+    })
+
+    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = path.resolve('.config')
+
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {},
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+      workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
+    })
+
+    // Global YAML should override .npmrc
+    expect(config.httpsProxy).toBe('http://yaml-proxy.example.com:9090')
+  })
+
+  test('CLI flags override proxy settings from global config.yaml', async () => {
+    prepareEmpty()
+
+    fs.mkdirSync('.config/pnpm', { recursive: true })
+    writeYamlFileSync('.config/pnpm/config.yaml', {
+      httpsProxy: 'http://yaml-proxy.example.com:9090',
+    })
+
+    process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = path.resolve('.config')
+
+    const { config } = await getConfig({
+      cliOptions: {
+        'https-proxy': 'http://cli-proxy.example.com:7070',
+      },
+      packageManager: {
+        name: 'pnpm',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      },
+      workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
+    })
+
+    expect(config.httpsProxy).toBe('http://cli-proxy.example.com:7070')
+  })
+})
+
+test('proxy settings are still read from .npmrc', async () => {
+  prepareEmpty()
+
+  fs.writeFileSync('.npmrc', 'https-proxy=http://npmrc-proxy.example.com:8080\nproxy=http://npmrc-http-proxy.example.com:3128\nno-proxy=internal.example.com', 'utf8')
+
+  const { config } = await getConfig({
+    cliOptions: {},
+    packageManager: {
+      name: 'pnpm',
+      version: '1.0.0',
+    },
+    workspaceDir: process.cwd(),
+  })
+
+  expect(config.httpsProxy).toBe('http://npmrc-proxy.example.com:8080')
+  expect(config.httpProxy).toBe('http://npmrc-proxy.example.com:8080')
+  expect(config.noProxy).toBe('internal.example.com')
 })
 
 test('lockfile: false in pnpm-workspace.yaml sets useLockfile to false', async () => {
diff --git a/core/types/src/package.ts b/core/types/src/package.ts
index 4247d4cdc9..32238bc405 100644
--- a/core/types/src/package.ts
+++ b/core/types/src/package.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ export interface PnpmSettings {
   requiredScripts?: string[]
   supportedArchitectures?: SupportedArchitectures
   nodeDownloadMirrors?: Record<string, string>
+  httpProxy?: string
+  httpsProxy?: string
+  noProxy?: string | boolean
 }
 
 export interface ProjectManifest extends BaseManifest {