diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/package-manager.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/package-manager.ts
index a95373bd6d45f..f10f423a4c38b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/package-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/lib/package-manager.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ interface PackageManagerProps {
   readonly lockFile: string;
   readonly installCommand: string[];
   readonly runCommand: string[];
+  readonly argsSeparator?: string
 }
 
 /**
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export class PackageManager {
   public static PNPM = new PackageManager({
     lockFile: 'pnpm-lock.yaml',
     installCommand: ['pnpm', 'install'],
-    runCommand: ['pnpm', 'run'],
+    runCommand: ['pnpm', 'exec'],
+    argsSeparator: '--',
   });
 
   public static fromLockFile(lockFilePath: string): PackageManager {
@@ -47,11 +49,13 @@ export class PackageManager {
   public readonly lockFile: string;
   public readonly installCommand: string[];
   public readonly runCommand: string[];
+  public readonly argsSeparator?: string;
 
   constructor(props: PackageManagerProps) {
     this.lockFile = props.lockFile;
     this.installCommand = props.installCommand;
     this.runCommand = props.runCommand;
+    this.argsSeparator = props.argsSeparator;
   }
 
   public runBinCommand(bin: string): string {
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ export class PackageManager {
       os.platform() === 'win32' ? `${runCommand}.cmd` : runCommand,
       ...runArgs,
       bin,
+      ...(this.argsSeparator ? [this.argsSeparator] : []),
     ].join(' ');
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/package-manager.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/package-manager.test.ts
index e0721bbec3e38..7f64a18d2123f 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/package-manager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-nodejs/test/package-manager.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ test('from a pnpm-lock.yaml', () => {
   const packageManager = PackageManager.fromLockFile('/path/to/pnpm-lock.yaml');
   expect(packageManager).toEqual(PackageManager.PNPM);
 
-  expect(packageManager.runBinCommand('my-bin')).toBe('pnpm run my-bin');
+  expect(packageManager.runBinCommand('my-bin')).toBe('pnpm exec my-bin --');
 });
 
 test('defaults to NPM', () => {