diff --git a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/package_manager.py b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/package_manager.py
index cae04338faf..2d0c12a00bf 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/package_manager.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/package_manager.py
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@ def npm(cls, version: str | None) -> PackageManager:
             pack_archive_format="{}-{}.tgz",
             extra_caches=FrozenDict(),
         )
+
+    def spec(self) -> str:
+        return self.name if self.version is None else f"{self.name}@{self.version}"
diff --git a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool.py b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool.py
index b984f721bb2..9b691af47c4 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 from pants.backend.javascript.nodejs_project_environment import NodeJsProjectEnvironmentProcess
 from pants.backend.javascript.package_manager import PackageManager
 from pants.backend.javascript.resolve import FirstPartyNodePackageResolves, NodeJSProjectResolves
-from pants.backend.javascript.subsystems.nodejs import NodeJS, NodeJSToolProcess
+from pants.backend.javascript.subsystems.nodejs import (
+    NodeJS,
+    NodeJSProcessEnvironment,
+    NodeJSToolProcess,
+)
 from pants.engine.internals.native_engine import Digest, MergeDigests
 from pants.engine.internals.selectors import Get
 from pants.engine.process import Process
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ class NodeJSToolRequest:
 
 async def _run_tool_without_resolve(request: NodeJSToolRequest) -> Process:
     nodejs = await Get(NodeJS)
+    env = await Get(NodeJSProcessEnvironment)
 
     pkg_manager_version = nodejs.package_managers.get(nodejs.package_manager)
     pkg_manager_and_version = nodejs.default_package_manager
@@ -114,13 +119,22 @@ async def _run_tool_without_resolve(request: NodeJSToolRequest) -> Process:
             )
         )
     pkg_manager = PackageManager.from_string(pkg_manager_and_version)
+    if pkg_manager.name == PackageManager.yarn.__name__:
+        cmd = pkg_manager.name
+    else:
+        cmd = pkg_manager.spec()
 
     return await Get(
         Process,
         NodeJSToolProcess(
-            pkg_manager.name,
+            env.binaries.binary_dir + "/corepack",
             pkg_manager.version,
-            args=(*pkg_manager.download_and_execute_args, request.tool, *request.args),
+            args=(
+                cmd,
+                *pkg_manager.download_and_execute_args,
+                request.tool,
+                *request.args,
+            ),
             description=request.description,
             input_digest=request.input_digest,
             output_files=request.output_files,
diff --git a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool_test.py b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool_test.py
index 7d48994925f..4f38e1f6bbd 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool_test.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/backend/javascript/subsystems/nodejs_tool_test.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 from pants.backend.javascript.subsystems import nodejs_tool
 from pants.backend.javascript.subsystems.nodejs_tool import NodeJSToolBase, NodeJSToolRequest
 from pants.engine.internals.native_engine import EMPTY_DIGEST
-from pants.engine.process import Process, ProcessResult
-from pants.testutil.rule_runner import QueryRule, RuleRunner
+from pants.engine.process import InteractiveProcess, Process, ProcessResult
+from pants.testutil.rule_runner import QueryRule, RuleRunner, mock_console
 from pants.util.logging import LogLevel
 
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ def test_version_option_overrides_default(rule_runner: RuleRunner):
     "package_manager, expected_argv",
     [
         pytest.param("yarn", ("yarn", "dlx", "--quiet"), id="yarn"),
-        pytest.param("npm", ("npm", "exec", "--yes", "--"), id="npm"),
-        pytest.param("pnpm", ("pnpm", "dlx"), id="pnpm"),
+        pytest.param("npm", ("npm@10.8.2", "exec", "--yes", "--"), id="npm"),
+        pytest.param("pnpm", ("pnpm@9.5.0", "dlx"), id="pnpm"),
     ],
 )
 def test_execute_process_with_package_manager(
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ def test_execute_process_with_package_manager(
 
     to_run = rule_runner.request(Process, [request])
 
-    assert to_run.argv == expected_argv + ("cowsay@1.6.0", "--version")
+    ip = InteractiveProcess.from_process(to_run)
+    with mock_console(rule_runner.options_bootstrapper) as mocked_console:
+        interactive_result = rule_runner.run_interactive_process(ip)
+        assert interactive_result.exit_code == 0, mocked_console[1].get_stderr()
+
+    # Remove the corepack binary path from argv.
+    assert to_run.argv[1:] == expected_argv + ("cowsay@1.6.0", "--version")
 
     result = rule_runner.request(ProcessResult, [request])
 
@@ -193,8 +199,12 @@ def request_package_manager_version_for_tool(
 ) -> str:
     request = tool.request((), EMPTY_DIGEST, "Inspect package manager version", LogLevel.DEBUG)
     process = rule_runner.request(Process, [request])
+    if process.argv[0].find("corepack") != -1:
+        args = process.argv[:2] + ("--version",)
+    else:
+        args = (package_manager, "--version")
     result = rule_runner.request(
         ProcessResult,
-        [dataclasses.replace(process, argv=(package_manager, "--version"))],
+        [dataclasses.replace(process, argv=args)],
     )
     return result.stdout.decode().strip()