diff --git a/doc/api/deprecations.md b/doc/api/deprecations.md
index c9bfabdaefe8ea..a7b70b6b567d5f 100644
--- a/doc/api/deprecations.md
+++ b/doc/api/deprecations.md
@@ -2815,6 +2815,12 @@ The `'hash'` and `'mgf1Hash'` options are replaced with `'hashAlgorithm'`
 and `'mgf1HashAlgorithm'`.
 
 ### DEP0155: Trailing slashes in pattern specifier resolutions
+<!-- YAML
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/40039
+    description: Documentation-only.
+-->
 
 Type: Runtime
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index 05e68e38a871e3..627e17afce69d9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const { sep, relative, resolve } = require('path');
 const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
 const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
 const typeFlag = getOptionValue('--input-type');
+const pendingDeprecation = getOptionValue('--pending-deprecation');
 const { URL, pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
 const {
   ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED,
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ function emitFolderMapDeprecation(match, pjsonUrl, isExports, base) {
 }
 
 function emitTrailingSlashPatternDeprecation(match, pjsonUrl, isExports, base) {
+  if (!pendingDeprecation) return;
   const pjsonPath = fileURLToPath(pjsonUrl);
   if (emittedPackageWarnings.has(pjsonPath + '|' + match))
     return;
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-exports-deprecations.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-exports-deprecations.mjs
index 58146d4300a69c..48c191a5fab2df 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-exports-deprecations.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-exports-deprecations.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Flags: --pending-deprecation
 import { mustCall } from '../common/index.mjs';
 import assert from 'assert';
 
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
index a9030b40912ddb..8d946b6650ed3b 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-local-deprecations.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Flags: --pending-deprecation
+
 import '../common/index.mjs';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import fixtures from '../common/fixtures.js';