diff --git a/.changeset/hot-kangaroos-matter.md b/.changeset/hot-kangaroos-matter.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b7a13b380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hot-kangaroos-matter.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Do not retry requests, when checking for new versions of pnpm.
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
index 9d6786c9c6..12a7564c7a 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/checkForUpdates.ts
@@ -32,13 +32,10 @@ export default async function (config: Config) {
     ...config,
     authConfig: config.rawConfig,
     retry: {
-      factor: config.fetchRetryFactor,
-      maxTimeout: config.fetchRetryMaxtimeout,
-      minTimeout: config.fetchRetryMintimeout,
-      retries: config.fetchRetries,
+      retries: 0,
     },
     storeDir,
-    timeout: config.fetchTimeout,
+    timeout: 3000,
   })
   const resolution = await resolve({ alias: packageManager.name, pref: 'latest' }, {
     lockfileDir: config.lockfileDir ?? config.dir,
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/main.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/main.ts
index 0b607a3e05..f81e80fb26 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/main.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,8 @@ export default async function run (inputArgv: string[]) {
       // Don't check for updates
       //   1. on CI environments
       //   2. when in the middle of an actual update
-      if (!isCI && !selfUpdate) {
+      //   3. when the CLI is running in offline mode
+      if (!isCI && !selfUpdate && !config.offline && !config.preferOffline) {
         checkForUpdates(config).catch(() => { /* Ignore */ })
       }