diff --git a/.changeset/hot-kiwis-chew.md b/.changeset/hot-kiwis-chew.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f794a57fe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hot-kiwis-chew.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/dependency-path": major
+---
+
+Change the way depPathToFilename is making paths shorter.
diff --git a/packages/dependency-path/src/index.ts b/packages/dependency-path/src/index.ts
index 775921b08a..19938a5124 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-path/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dependency-path/src/index.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ export function parse (dependencyPath: string) {
   }
 }
 
+const MAX_LENGTH_WITHOUT_HASH = 120 - 26 - 1
+
 export function depPathToFilename (depPath: string) {
   let filename = depPathToFilenameUnescaped(depPath).replace(/[\\/:*?"<>|]/g, '+')
   if (filename.includes('(')) {
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ export function depPathToFilename (depPath: string) {
       .replace(/\)$/, '')
   }
   if (filename.length > 120 || filename !== filename.toLowerCase() && !filename.startsWith('file+')) {
-    return `${filename.substring(0, 50)}_${createBase32Hash(filename)}`
+    return `${filename.substring(0, MAX_LENGTH_WITHOUT_HASH)}_${createBase32Hash(filename)}`
   }
   return filename
 }
diff --git a/packages/dependency-path/test/index.ts b/packages/dependency-path/test/index.ts
index da575f8c69..ef1aa3de68 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-path/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dependency-path/test/index.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ test('depPathToFilename()', () => {
   expect(filename).toBe('file+test+foo-1.0.0.tgz_foo@2.0.0')
   expect(filename).not.toContain(':')
 
-  expect(depPathToFilename('abcd/'.repeat(200))).toBe('abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+_e5jega7r3xmarw3h6f277a3any')
+  expect(depPathToFilename('abcd/'.repeat(200))).toBe('abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abcd+abc_e5jega7r3xmarw3h6f277a3any')
   expect(depPathToFilename('/JSONSteam/1.0.0')).toBe('JSONSteam@1.0.0_jmswpk4sf667aelr6wp2xd3p54')
 })