# Discourse core is switching to pnpm for JS package management

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-core-is-switching-to-pnpm-for-js-package-management/324521
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** dev-news
**Created:** [September 3, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-core-is-switching-to-pnpm-for-js-package-management/324521 "2024-09-03T09:26:41Z")
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### Author: ![alxndr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alxndr/32/102300_2.png) [@alxndr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxndr)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-core-is-switching-to-pnpm-for-js-package-management/324521/20 "2024-09-07T16:33:46Z")

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Ran into an issue upgrading via the web tool — the upgrade page said the upgrade failed, with the `Expected version "please-use-pnpm"` error, but when I subsequently visited the Versions page again it appeared that the upgrade succeeded:

 ![Screenshot 2024-09-07 at 09.27.00](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/0/b/90b25dc348afb09b1b75150e30918e9084547bce.png)

…however none of the Admin pages are working now:

 ![Screenshot 2024-09-07 at 09.31.55](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/9/d/99d935a19b84e5dd59d2c522c969bbddd16f5075.png)

_Update:_  
I did a rebuild on the command line and that’s fixed things.

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