diff --git a/.github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml b/.github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml
index eabc7eab5..c2b28d962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example-basic-pnpm.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
-          version: 9
+          version: 10
 
         # See https://github.com/actions/setup-node
       - name: Install Node.js
diff --git a/.github/workflows/example-start-and-pnpm-workspaces.yml b/.github/workflows/example-start-and-pnpm-workspaces.yml
index 4a1e8be75..3e418d2fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/example-start-and-pnpm-workspaces.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/example-start-and-pnpm-workspaces.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # pnpm is not installed by default on GitHub runners
       - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm install -g pnpm@9
+        run: npm install -g pnpm@10
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         # with Cypress GitHub Action.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install pnpm
-        run: npm install -g pnpm@9
+        run: npm install -g pnpm@10
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./ # approximately equivalent to using cypress-io/github-action@v6
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40cef060e..f8c2fd7f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
         with:
-          version: 9
+          version: 10
       - name: Install Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
diff --git a/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json b/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
index 6ab87a7ec..35901f154 100644
--- a/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
+++ b/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
@@ -9,5 +9,8 @@
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "cypress": "13.17.0"
+  },
+  "pnpm": {
+    "onlyBuiltDependencies": ["cypress"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
index 129e4f330..9b06cd3f3 100644
--- a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
+++ b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
   "name": "start-and-pnpm-workspaces",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "example using pnpm with workspaces",
-  "private": true
+  "private": true,
+  "pnpm": {
+    "onlyBuiltDependencies": ["cypress"]
+  }
 }