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@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ jobs:
 
 The package manager `pnpm` is not pre-installed in [GitHub Actions runner images](https://github.com/actions/runner-images) (unlike `npm` and `yarn`) and so it must be installed in a separate workflow step (see below). If the action finds a `pnpm-lock.yaml` file, it uses the [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/cli/install) command `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` by default to install dependencies.
 
-The example below follows [pnpm recommendations](https://pnpm.io/continuous-integration#github-actions) for installing pnpm and caching the [pnpm store](https://pnpm.io/cli/store). Add [side-effects-cache=false](https://pnpm.io/npmrc#side-effects-cache) to an `.npmrc` file in your project to allow pnpm to install the Cypress binary even if the Cypress npm module has been cached by pnpm.
+The example below follows [pnpm recommendations](https://pnpm.io/continuous-integration#github-actions) for installing pnpm and caching the [pnpm store](https://pnpm.io/cli/store). Follow the [Cypress pnpm configuration instructions](https://on.cypress.io/install#pnpm-Configuration) and apply them to your project, to enable pnpm to install the Cypress binary.
 
 ```yaml
 name: example-basic-pnpm
diff --git a/examples/basic-pnpm/.npmrc b/examples/basic-pnpm/.npmrc
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# https://pnpm.io/settings#sideeffectscache
-side-effects-cache=false
diff --git a/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 1f901a6e6..b1016a171 100644
--- a/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/examples/basic-pnpm/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 onlyBuiltDependencies:
   - cypress
+
+sideEffectsCache: false
diff --git a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/.npmrc b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/.npmrc
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-# https://pnpm.io/settings#sideeffectscache
-side-effects-cache=false
diff --git a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index e2d1688e4..e50fb92c8 100644
--- a/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/examples/start-and-pnpm-workspaces/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 packages:
   - packages/*
+
 onlyBuiltDependencies:
   - cypress
+
+sideEffectsCache: false