diff --git a/lib/run-task.js b/lib/run-task.js
index e30bb83..002b787 100644
--- a/lib/run-task.js
+++ b/lib/run-task.js
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ module.exports = function runTask (task, options) {
       // Attempt to figure out whether we're running via pnpm
       const projectRoot = path.dirname(options.packageInfo.path)
       const hasPnpmLockfile = fs.existsSync(path.join(projectRoot, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'))
-      const { status: pnpmFound, output: pnpmWhichOutput } = await which('pnpm', { nothrow: true })
+      const whichPnpmResults = await which('pnpm', { nothrow: true })
+      const pnpmFound = whichPnpmResults?.status
+      const pnpmWhichOutput = whichPnpmResults?.output
       if (hasPnpmLockfile && __dirname.split(path.delimiter).includes('.pnpm') && pnpmFound) {
         execPath = pnpmWhichOutput
       }