diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 91b29c8..7a0c579 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ grep -Rl /usr/src | xargs -n1 sed -i -e "s@/usr/src@$IMMICH_PATH@g"
 mkdir -p $IMMICH_PATH/cache
 grep -RlE "\"/build\"|'/build'" | xargs -n1 sed -i -e "s@\"/build\"@\"$APP\"@g" -e "s@'/build'@'$APP'@g"
 
-# Setup pnpm
-corepack use pnpm@latest
+# Setup pnpm and use the version specified in package.json packageManager. This avoids incompatibility errors with newer pnpm releases
+corepack enable
+pnpm install 
 
 # Install extism/js-pdk for extism-js
 curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/extism/js-pdk/main/install.sh
@@ -134,8 +135,8 @@ cp -a plugins/dist $APP/corePlugin/
 cp -a plugins/manifest.json $APP/corePlugin/
 cp -a LICENSE $APP/
 cp -a i18n $APP/../
-cd $APP
 pnpm store prune
+cd $APP
 cd -
 
 # immich-machine-learning
@@ -174,6 +175,9 @@ rm cities500.zip
 
 # Install sharp
 cd $APP
+
+# Copy the packageManager field from the monorepo package.json onto the $APP package.json
+jq --argfile source "$TMP/package.json" '.packageManager = $source.packageManager' package.json > tmp.json && mv tmp.json package.json
 # https://github.com/lovell/sharp/blob/main/src/common.h#L20
 VIPS_LOCAL_VERSION="$(pkg-config --modversion vips || true)"
 VIPS_TARGET_VERSION="8.17.3"