diff --git a/.changeset/purple-tools-leave.md b/.changeset/purple-tools-leave.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6acd000de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/purple-tools-leave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-env": minor
+---
+
+Add an immediate response when fetching Node.js on version switching, preventing pnpm looks like just hanging there.
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-env/package.json b/packages/plugin-commands-env/package.json
index 7e05d59a29..0b594f91a8 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-env/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-env/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "@pnpm/config": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/fetch": "workspace:*",
+    "@pnpm/logger": "^4.0.0",
     "@pnpm/node.fetcher": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/node.resolver": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/store-path": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
index b8ce7d6a0d..c75f912603 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-env/src/node.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
 import { Config } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { createFetchFromRegistry, FetchFromRegistry } from '@pnpm/fetch'
+import { globalInfo } from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { fetchNode } from '@pnpm/node.fetcher'
 import storePath from '@pnpm/store-path'
 import loadJsonFile from 'load-json-file'
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export async function getNodeDir (fetch: FetchFromRegistry, opts: NvmNodeCommand
       pnpmHomeDir: opts.pnpmHomeDir,
     })
     const cafsDir = path.join(storeDir, 'files')
+    globalInfo(`Fetching Node.js ${opts.useNodeVersion} ...`)
     await fetchNode(fetch, opts.useNodeVersion, versionDir, {
       ...opts,
       cafsDir,
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index b8aefec457..cb32a3303e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -3060,6 +3060,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/fetch':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../fetch
+      '@pnpm/logger':
+        specifier: ^4.0.0
+        version: 4.0.0
       '@pnpm/node.fetcher':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../node.fetcher