diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 362290c26545..4ff3724c1985 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=22.12.0"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@11.0.9",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@11.5.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "astro-benchmark": "workspace:*"
   },
diff --git a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/test/fixtures/user-optimize-deps/packages/fake-data-pkg/package.json b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/test/fixtures/user-optimize-deps/packages/fake-data-pkg/package.json
index beb3929cdbed..e0a83846a43e 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/cloudflare/test/fixtures/user-optimize-deps/packages/fake-data-pkg/package.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/cloudflare/test/fixtures/user-optimize-deps/packages/fake-data-pkg/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "fake-data-pkg",
+	"private": true,
 	"version": "1.0.0",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "./index.js"
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index c0ddbf586ccd..b32df50c34dd 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ publicHoistPattern:
 # Wait until three days after release to install new versions of packages
 minimumReleaseAge: 4320
 minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
+  # 'fake-data-pkg' is a local package used for testing
+  - 'fake-data-pkg@1.0.0'
   # TODO: remove once more stable
   - '@flue/*'
   - '@astrojs/*'
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ trustPolicyExclude:
   # Old dependency of @types/node@22
   # TODO: Remove when dropping support for Node 22
   - undici-types@6.21.0
+  # 'fake-data-pkg' is a local package used for testing
+  - 'fake-data-pkg@1.0.0'
   # Dependencies in the docs repo that gets cloned for smoke tests
   - 'undici@5.29.0'
   - 'algoliasearch@4.27.0'