diff --git a/mkshims.ts b/mkshims.ts
index 4adcd62f..82849d9f 100644
--- a/mkshims.ts
+++ b/mkshims.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ async function main() {
   fs.writeFileSync(corepackPath, [
     `#!/usr/bin/env node`,
     `process.env.COREPACK_ENABLE_DOWNLOAD_PROMPT??='0';`,
+    `require('module').enableCompileCache?.();`,
     `require('./lib/corepack.cjs').runMain(process.argv.slice(2));`,
   ].join(`\n`));
   fs.chmodSync(corepackPath, 0o755);
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ async function main() {
       const entryScript = [
         `#!/usr/bin/env node`,
         `process.env.COREPACK_ENABLE_DOWNLOAD_PROMPT??='1'`,
+        `require('module').enableCompileCache?.();`,
         `require('./lib/corepack.cjs').runMain(['${binaryName}', ...process.argv.slice(2)]);`,
       ].join(`\n`);
 
diff --git a/sources/corepackUtils.ts b/sources/corepackUtils.ts
index 15e84056..c84b7c7e 100644
--- a/sources/corepackUtils.ts
+++ b/sources/corepackUtils.ts
@@ -400,12 +400,15 @@ export async function runVersion(locator: Locator, installSpec: InstallSpec & {s
   if (!binPath)
     throw new Error(`Assertion failed: Unable to locate path for bin '${binName}'`);
 
-  // Node.js segfaults when using npm@>=9.7.0 and v8-compile-cache
-  // $ docker run -it node:20.3.0-slim corepack npm@9.7.1 --version
-  // [SIGSEGV]
-  if (locator.name !== `npm` || semverLt(locator.reference, `9.7.0`))
-    // @ts-expect-error - No types
-    await import(`v8-compile-cache`);
+  // @ts-expect-error - Missing types
+  if (!Module.enableCompileCache) {
+    // Node.js segfaults when using npm@>=9.7.0 and v8-compile-cache
+    // $ docker run -it node:20.3.0-slim corepack npm@9.7.1 --version
+    // [SIGSEGV]
+    if (locator.name !== `npm` || semverLt(locator.reference, `9.7.0`))
+      // @ts-expect-error - No types
+      await import(`v8-compile-cache`);
+  }
 
   // We load the binary into the current process,
   // while making it think it was spawned.
@@ -429,6 +432,12 @@ export async function runVersion(locator: Locator, installSpec: InstallSpec & {s
   // Use nextTick to unwind the stack, and consequently remove Corepack from
   // the stack trace of the package manager.
   process.nextTick(Module.runMain, binPath);
+
+  // @ts-expect-error - No types
+  if (Module.flushCompileCache) {
+    // @ts-expect-error - No types
+    setImmediate(Module.flushCompileCache);
+  }
 }
 
 export function shouldSkipIntegrityCheck() {