diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-kiwis-change.md b/.changeset/tasty-kiwis-change.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a945646ab17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-kiwis-change.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/config": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Normalize current working directory on Windows [#6524](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/6524).
diff --git a/config/config/package.json b/config/config/package.json
index 7da587899a4..fa143ff7c76 100644
--- a/config/config/package.json
+++ b/config/config/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "@pnpm/pnpmfile": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:*",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:*",
+    "better-path-resolve": "1.0.0",
     "camelcase": "^6.3.0",
     "camelcase-keys": "^6.2.2",
     "can-write-to-dir": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/config/config/src/index.ts b/config/config/src/index.ts
index 5f45f03a89a..da57ac343a5 100644
--- a/config/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/config/config/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { requireHooks } from '@pnpm/pnpmfile'
 import { safeReadProjectManifestOnly } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
 import { getCurrentBranch } from '@pnpm/git-utils'
 import { createMatcher } from '@pnpm/matcher'
+import betterPathResolve from 'better-path-resolve'
 import camelcase from 'camelcase'
 import isWindows from 'is-windows'
 import normalizeRegistryUrl from 'normalize-registry-url'
@@ -267,7 +268,7 @@ export async function getConfig (
     ...rcOptions.map((configKey) => [camelcase(configKey), npmConfig.get(configKey)]) as any, // eslint-disable-line
     ...Object.entries(cliOptions).filter(([name, value]) => typeof value !== 'undefined').map(([name, value]) => [camelcase(name), value]),
   ]) as unknown as ConfigWithDeprecatedSettings
-  const cwd = (cliOptions.dir && path.resolve(cliOptions.dir)) ?? npmConfig.localPrefix
+  const cwd = betterPathResolve(cliOptions.dir ?? npmConfig.localPrefix)
 
   pnpmConfig.maxSockets = npmConfig.maxsockets
   // @ts-expect-error
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 9f3c4a21796..54050b1bb1f 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/types':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/types
+      better-path-resolve:
+        specifier: 1.0.0
+        version: 1.0.0
       camelcase:
         specifier: ^6.3.0
         version: 6.3.0
@@ -8878,7 +8881,7 @@ packages:
   /@types/byline@4.2.33:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-LJYez7wrWcJQQDknqZtrZuExMGP0IXmPl1rOOGDqLbu+H7UNNRfKNuSxCBcQMLH1EfjeWidLedC/hCc5dDfBog==}
     dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 20.0.0
+      '@types/node': 14.18.44
     dev: true
 
   /@types/cacheable-request@6.0.3:
@@ -8886,7 +8889,7 @@ packages:
     dependencies:
       '@types/http-cache-semantics': 4.0.1
       '@types/keyv': 3.1.4
-      '@types/node': 20.0.0
+      '@types/node': 14.18.44
       '@types/responselike': 1.0.0
 
   /@types/concat-stream@2.0.0:
@@ -8914,7 +8917,7 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-IO+MJPVhoqz+28h1qLAcBEH2+xHMK6MTyHJc7MTnnYb6wsoLR29POVGJ7LycmVXIqyy/4/2ShP5sUwTXuOwb/w==}
     dependencies:
       '@types/minimatch': 5.1.2
-      '@types/node': 20.0.0
+      '@types/node': 14.18.44
     dev: true
 
   /@types/graceful-fs@4.1.6:
@@ -8988,7 +8991,7 @@ packages:
   /@types/keyv@3.1.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-BQ5aZNSCpj7D6K2ksrRCTmKRLEpnPvWDiLPfoGyhZ++8YtiK9d/3DBKPJgry359X/P1PfruyYwvnvwFjuEiEIg==}
     dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 20.0.0
+      '@types/node': 14.18.44
 
   /@types/lodash@4.14.181:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-n3tyKthHJbkiWhDZs3DkhkCzt2MexYHXlX0td5iMplyfwketaOeKboEVBqzceH7juqvEg3q5oUoBFxSLu7zFag==}
@@ -9031,7 +9034,6 @@ packages:
 
   /@types/node@14.18.44:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-Sg79dXC3jrRlG0QOLrK5eq2hRzpU4pkD7xBiYNYJ6r9OitJMxkpTpWf6m3qa2AWzb76uMHx+6x5T1Y/WAiS3nw==}
-    dev: true
 
   /@types/node@18.16.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-LUhvPmAKAbgm+p/K11IWszLZVoZDlMF4NRmqbhEzDz/CnCuehPkZXwZbBCKGJsgjnuVejotBwM7B3Scrq4EqDw==}
@@ -9071,7 +9073,7 @@ packages:
   /@types/responselike@1.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-85Y2BjiufFzaMIlvJDvTTB8Fxl2xfLo4HgmHzVBz08w4wDePCTjYw66PdrolO0kzli3yam/YCgRufyo1DdQVTA==}
     dependencies:
-      '@types/node': 20.0.0
+      '@types/node': 14.18.44
 
   /@types/retry@0.12.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-XISRgDJ2Tc5q4TRqvgJtzsRkFYNJzZrhTdtMoGVBttwzzQJkPnS3WWTFc7kuDRoPtPakl+T+OfdEUjYJj7Jbow==}
@@ -13624,7 +13626,7 @@ packages:
       jws: 3.2.2
       lodash: 4.17.21
       ms: 2.1.3
-      semver: 7.3.8
+      semver: 7.5.0
 
   /jsprim@1.4.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-P2bSOMAc/ciLz6DzgjVlGJP9+BrJWu5UDGK70C2iweC5QBIeFf0ZXRvGjEj2uYgrY2MkAAhsSWHDWlFtEroZWw==}