diff --git a/.changeset/thin-planes-cover.md b/.changeset/thin-planes-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..229f87ce8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thin-planes-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@fuel-ts/account": patch
+"fuels": patch
+---
+
+fix: unable to kill `fuels dev` with `pnpm`
diff --git a/packages/account/src/test-utils/launchNode.ts b/packages/account/src/test-utils/launchNode.ts
index 2e24f9ce4ee..c68e7b13ca8 100644
--- a/packages/account/src/test-utils/launchNode.ts
+++ b/packages/account/src/test-utils/launchNode.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export type LaunchNodeOptions = {
    * */
   snapshotConfig?: SnapshotConfigs;
   includeInitialState?: boolean;
+  killProcessOnExit?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type LaunchNodeResult = Promise<{
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ export const launchNode = async ({
   basePath,
   snapshotConfig = defaultSnapshotConfigs,
   includeInitialState = false,
+  killProcessOnExit = false,
 }: LaunchNodeOptions = {}): LaunchNodeResult =>
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-async-promise-executor
   new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
@@ -241,16 +243,15 @@ export const launchNode = async ({
       });
     }
 
-    const removeSideffects = () => {
+    const removeChildListeners = () => {
       child.stderr.removeAllListeners();
+    };
+    const removeTempDir = () => {
       if (existsSync(tempDir)) {
         rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true });
       }
     };
 
-    child.on('error', removeSideffects);
-    child.on('exit', removeSideffects);
-
     const childState = {
       isDead: false,
     };
@@ -261,7 +262,8 @@ export const launchNode = async ({
       }
       childState.isDead = true;
 
-      removeSideffects();
+      removeChildListeners();
+
       if (child.pid !== undefined) {
         try {
           process.kill(-child.pid);
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ export const launchNode = async ({
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         console.error('No PID available for the child process, unable to kill launched node');
       }
+      removeTempDir();
     };
 
     // Look for a specific graphql start point in the output.
@@ -331,5 +334,16 @@ export const launchNode = async ({
     process.on('beforeExit', cleanup);
     process.on('uncaughtException', cleanup);
 
-    child.on('error', reject);
+    child.on('exit', (code: number | null, _signal: NodeJS.Signals | null) => {
+      removeChildListeners();
+      removeTempDir();
+      if (killProcessOnExit) {
+        process.exit(code);
+      }
+    });
+    child.on('error', (err: Error) => {
+      removeChildListeners();
+      removeTempDir();
+      reject(err);
+    });
   });
diff --git a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
index 3853682c678..234a68831df 100644
--- a/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
+++ b/packages/fuels/src/cli/commands/dev/autoStartFuelCore.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export const autoStartFuelCore = async (config: FuelsConfig) => {
       basePath: config.basePath,
       fuelCorePath: config.fuelCorePath,
       includeInitialState: true,
+      killProcessOnExit: true,
     });
 
     fuelCore = {