diff --git a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/Cargo.toml b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/Cargo.toml
index abb4d139d4..1e14d8208f 100644
--- a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ miette      = { workspace = true }
 serde       = { workspace = true }
 serde_json  = { workspace = true }
 strum       = { workspace = true }
+tempfile    = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pipe-trait        = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/lib.rs b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/lib.rs
index aff769518e..e13fbc477a 100644
--- a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use miette::Diagnostic;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{Map, Value, json};
 use strum::IntoStaticStr;
+use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Display, Error, Diagnostic, From)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -96,6 +97,28 @@ impl PackageManifest {
         Ok((manifest, contents))
     }
 
+    /// Write `contents` to `path` atomically: a sibling temp file is written
+    /// and fsynced, then renamed over `path`. A crash or write error therefore
+    /// never leaves a truncated or partial `package.json` behind, matching the
+    /// `write-file-atomic` guarantee the TypeScript pnpm CLI relies on.
+    fn write_atomic(path: &Path, contents: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
+        let dir = path
+            .parent()
+            .filter(|parent| !parent.as_os_str().is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| Path::new("."));
+        let mut tmp = NamedTempFile::new_in(dir)?;
+        tmp.write_all(contents.as_bytes())?;
+        tmp.as_file().sync_all()?;
+        // A NamedTempFile is created 0o600; preserve the original file's mode
+        // when overwriting an existing package.json (write-file-atomic does the
+        // same) so the rename doesn't silently tighten its permissions.
+        if let Ok(metadata) = fs::metadata(path) {
+            tmp.as_file().set_permissions(metadata.permissions())?;
+        }
+        tmp.persist(path).map_err(|err| err.error)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn read_from_file(path: &Path) -> Result<Value, PackageManifestError> {
         let contents = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
         let mut value: Value = serde_json::from_str(&contents)?;
@@ -158,8 +181,7 @@ impl PackageManifest {
         convert_dependencies_to_engines_runtime(&mut value, "devDependencies", "devEngines")?;
         convert_dependencies_to_engines_runtime(&mut value, "dependencies", "engines")?;
         let contents = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&value)?;
-        let mut file = fs::File::create(&self.path)?;
-        file.write_all(contents.as_bytes())?;
+        Self::write_atomic(&self.path, &contents)?;
         Ok(value)
     }
 
diff --git a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/tests.rs b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/tests.rs
index 586281a788..17fe69b67e 100644
--- a/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/tests.rs
+++ b/pacquet/crates/package-manifest/src/tests.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,50 @@ use crate::DependencyGroup;
 use serde_json::json;
 use std::io::Write;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn save_leaves_the_original_intact_when_the_write_cannot_complete() {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("package.json");
+    let original = r#"{"name":"intact","version":"1.0.0"}"#;
+    std::fs::write(&path, original).unwrap();
+
+    let manifest = PackageManifest::from_path(path.clone()).unwrap();
+
+    // Make the directory read-only so a sibling temp file cannot be created.
+    // An atomic temp-file-then-rename write fails up front and leaves the
+    // original untouched; a non-atomic in-place write would instead truncate
+    // the existing package.json before failing.
+    std::fs::set_permissions(dir.path(), std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o555)).unwrap();
+    let result = manifest.save();
+    // Restore permissions before the assertions so tempdir cleanup succeeds.
+    std::fs::set_permissions(dir.path(), std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+
+    assert!(result.is_err());
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap(), original);
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[test]
+fn save_preserves_the_existing_package_json_permissions() {
+    use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+    let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let path = dir.path().join("package.json");
+    std::fs::write(&path, r#"{"name":"perm","version":"1.0.0"}"#).unwrap();
+    std::fs::set_permissions(&path, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o640)).unwrap();
+
+    let manifest = PackageManifest::from_path(path.clone()).unwrap();
+    manifest.save().unwrap();
+
+    // The atomic temp-file-then-rename must keep the original mode, not leave
+    // the NamedTempFile's default 0o600 behind.
+    let mode = std::fs::metadata(&path).unwrap().permissions().mode() & 0o777;
+    assert_eq!(mode, 0o640);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_init_package_json_content() {
     let manifest = PackageManifest::create_init_package_json("test");