diff --git a/.changeset/thick-countries-deny.md b/.changeset/thick-countries-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..733db07535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-countries-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/run-npm": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+The npm CLI executed from pnpm should not use Corepack [#7747](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/7747).
diff --git a/exec/run-npm/src/index.ts b/exec/run-npm/src/index.ts
index fb023ccbf5..f6e0ff740b 100644
--- a/exec/run-npm/src/index.ts
+++ b/exec/run-npm/src/index.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function runNpm (npmPath: string | undefined, args: string[], options?: R
     cwd: options?.cwd ?? process.cwd(),
     stdio: 'inherit',
     userAgent: undefined,
-    env: options?.env ?? {},
+    env: { ...options?.env, COREPACK_ENABLE_STRICT: '0' },
   })
 }