diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1a410fb7..4716a7d46 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ yalc.lock
 !http_cache/cache
 !http_cache/cache/cache.go
 *.log
-.npmrc
 !create-turbo/templates/**/*
 todos.md
 examples/*/*.lock
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1cdf2f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e912409ae..abe92274e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
     }
   },
   "engines": {
-    "npm": ">=7.0.0",
+    "pnpm": ">=6.0.0",
+    "npm": "pnpm",
+    "yarn": "pnpm",
     "node": ">=14.0.0"
   }
 }