diff --git a/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json b/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
index 08b38ac1a..a9425bca5 100644
--- a/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
+++ b/examples/basic-pnpm/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,5 @@
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "cypress": "14.2.1"
-  },
-  "pnpm": {
-    "onlyBuiltDependencies": [
-      "cypress"
-    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f901a6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+onlyBuiltDependencies:
+  - cypress
diff --git a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
index bb1839f46..129e4f330 100644
--- a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
+++ b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/package.json
@@ -2,10 +2,5 @@
   "name": "start-and-pnpm-workspaces",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "example using pnpm with workspaces",
-  "private": true,
-  "pnpm": {
-    "onlyBuiltDependencies": [
-      "cypress"
-    ]
-  }
+  "private": true
 }
diff --git a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 18ec407ef..e2d1688e4 100644
--- a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 packages:
-  - 'packages/*'
+  - packages/*
+onlyBuiltDependencies:
+  - cypress