diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ec5036cca78b..577fb05780f12 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ store
 !http_cache/cache/cache.go
 *.log
 .npmrc
+!create-turbo/templates/**/*
 todos.md
 examples/*/*.lock
diff --git a/create-turbo/__tests__/cli.test.ts b/create-turbo/__tests__/cli.test.ts
index 39aef4d5b6239..3c95a39f3e665 100644
--- a/create-turbo/__tests__/cli.test.ts
+++ b/create-turbo/__tests__/cli.test.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe("create-turbo cli", () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     jest.setTimeout(DEFAULT_JEST_TIMEOUT * 3);
     if (!fs.existsSync(createTurbo)) {
-      // TODO: Consider runnuing the build here instead of throwing
+      // TODO: Consider running the build here instead of throwing
       throw new Error(
         `Cannot run Turbrepo CLI tests without building create-turbo`
       );
diff --git a/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/.npmrc b/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4fd021952d5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+engine-strict=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/package.json b/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/package.json
index 6aed7e8fe19af..dcf468f4c193e 100644
--- a/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/package.json
+++ b/create-turbo/templates/_shared_ts/package.json
@@ -34,5 +34,10 @@
         "cache": false
       }
     }
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "npm": ">=7.0.0",
+    "pnpm": ">=3.7.0",
+    "node": ">=14.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/with-pnpm/package.json b/examples/with-pnpm/package.json
index 53652f7286d3a..fda247104b2d6 100644
--- a/examples/with-pnpm/package.json
+++ b/examples/with-pnpm/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   "name": "turborepo-with-pnpm",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "turbo run build",
+    "dev": "turbo run dev --parallel",
+    "lint": "turbo run lint"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "turbo": "latest"
   },
@@ -18,6 +23,9 @@
       },
       "lint": {
         "outputs": []
+      },
+      "dev": {
+        "cache": false
       }
     }
   }