diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c843d075711..adc3b6a8c85 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		"clean": "pnpm store prune && git clean -fx **/node_modules && pnpm i",
 		"preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm",
 		"postinstall": "pnpm git:update-hooks",
-		"git:update-hooks": "if test -d .git; then rm -r .git/hooks && mkdir -p .git/hooks && husky install; else husky install; fi",
+		"git:update-hooks": "if test -d .git; then rm -rf .git/hooks && mkdir -p .git/hooks && husky install; else husky install; fi",
 		"create-extension": "node ./tools/create-extension/index.js",
 		"sync-dependencies": "pnpm exec syncpack -- fix-mismatches",
 		"utils": "node ./tools/monorepo-utils/dist/index.js"
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-pnpm-install-git-hooks b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-pnpm-install-git-hooks
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66a52690a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/fix-pnpm-install-git-hooks
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Fix "rm: .git/hooks: No such file or directory" error in `pnpm install`.