# Faster pnpm installs

By Steven Van · 2026-10-26

Vercel reuses dependency verification across deployments, with a 14% lower average install time on Pro and no setup on any plan.

pnpm installs on Vercel are faster, cutting the time spent installing dependencies before a build. The change is in a [Vercel changelog entry](<https://vercel.com/changelog/faster-pnpm-installs>) for [Vercel](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/vercel>).

## What changed

Vercel now reuses a successful dependency verification across deployments. For Pro deployments with a restored build cache, Vercel observed **14% lower average install times** with the optimization enabled.

In the best case, when dependencies are unchanged and the previous verification can be reused, installs can complete in milliseconds.

## What the logs show

The announcement compares two install logs. Before, the step reported "Lockfile passes supply-chain policies (461 entries in 2.5s)" and finished in 2.8s using pnpm v12.3.4. After, it reported "Lockfile passes supply-chain policies (verified 58s ago)" and finished in 135ms on the same pnpm version.

## Availability

The improvement is available on **all plans** and applies automatically, with no configuration required.

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[Original source](<https://vercel.com/changelog/faster-pnpm-installs>)

[Read Faster pnpm installs on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/vercel-faster-pnpm-installs>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/vercel-faster-pnpm-installs