diff --git a/.pnpmfile.cjs b/.pnpmfile.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83edbff8130a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pnpmfile.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// This function does not modify the lockfile. It asserts that packages do not use SSH
+// when specifying git repository
+function afterAllResolved(lockfile, context) {
+  const pkgs = lockfile['packages'];
+  for (const [pkg, entry] of Object.entries(pkgs)) {
+    const repo = entry.resolution['repo'];
+    if (repo !== undefined) {
+      if (repo.startsWith('git@github.com')) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid git ssh specification found for package ${pkg}. Ensure sure that the dependencies do not reference SSH-based git repos before running installing them`);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return lockfile
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  hooks: {
+    afterAllResolved
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index ed25adf22046..96116c17a155 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -9639,7 +9639,7 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-iNZ576iTOGcfllftB73cPB5AN+XUQAT/T8xzsILsghXC1o8gJUqe3RHlcDqagu+biFpYQ61KQrZZJza8eRSYqw==}
     deprecated: Deprecated in favor of '@metamask/eth-sig-util'
     dependencies:
-      ethereumjs-abi: git@github.com+ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi/ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0
+      ethereumjs-abi: github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi/ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0
       ethereumjs-util: 5.2.1
     dev: true
 
@@ -21081,8 +21081,8 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-V50KMwwzqJV0NpZIZFwfOD5/lyny3WlSzRiXgA0G7VUnRlqttta1L6UQIHzd6EuBY/cHGfwTIck7w1yH6Q5zUw==}
     dev: true
 
-  git@github.com+ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi/ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0:
-    resolution: {commit: ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0, repo: git@github.com:ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi.git, type: git}
+  github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi/ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0:
+    resolution: {tarball: https://codeload.github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi/tar.gz/ee3994657fa7a427238e6ba92a84d0b529bbcde0}
     name: ethereumjs-abi
     version: 0.6.8
     dependencies: