diff --git a/localinfra/avatar.Dockerfile b/localinfra/avatar.Dockerfile
index a34c0838..273a28bf 100644
--- a/localinfra/avatar.Dockerfile
+++ b/localinfra/avatar.Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN corepack enable && corepack install -g pnpm@11.17.0
+
 COPY <<'EOF' /usr/local/bin/avatar-entrypoint.sh
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
@@ -13,8 +15,9 @@ if [ -f /caddy-ca/root.crt ]; then
   cp /caddy-ca/root.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/caddy-dev.crt
   update-ca-certificates >/dev/null
 fi
-npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
-exec npx wrangler dev --ip 0.0.0.0 --port 8787 \
+# store must share the node_modules volume's filesystem for hardlinks
+corepack pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --store-dir /src/node_modules/.pnpm-store
+exec corepack pnpm exec wrangler dev --ip 0.0.0.0 --port 8787 \
   --var "AVATAR_SHARED_SECRET:${AVATAR_SHARED_SECRET}" \
   --var "PLC_DIRECTORY_URL:${PLC_DIRECTORY_URL}"
 EOF
diff --git a/localinfra/camo.Dockerfile b/localinfra/camo.Dockerfile
index 3784edeb..2de36b0f 100644
--- a/localinfra/camo.Dockerfile
+++ b/localinfra/camo.Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+RUN corepack enable && corepack install -g pnpm@11.17.0
+
 COPY <<'EOF' /usr/local/bin/camo-entrypoint.sh
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
@@ -13,8 +15,9 @@ if [ -f /caddy-ca/root.crt ]; then
   cp /caddy-ca/root.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/caddy-dev.crt
   update-ca-certificates >/dev/null
 fi
-npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
-exec npx wrangler dev --ip 0.0.0.0 --port 8787 \
+# store must share the node_modules volume's filesystem for hardlinks
+corepack pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --store-dir /src/node_modules/.pnpm-store
+exec corepack pnpm exec wrangler dev --ip 0.0.0.0 --port 8787 \
   --var "CAMO_SHARED_SECRET:${CAMO_SHARED_SECRET}"
 EOF
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/camo-entrypoint.sh