diff --git a/.syncpackrc b/.syncpackrc
index e7449aa6216..d90108b8dc7 100644
--- a/.syncpackrc
+++ b/.syncpackrc
@@ -216,6 +216,15 @@
 			],
 			"pinVersion": "^8.4.32"
 		},
+		{
+			"dependencies": [
+				"simple-git"
+			],
+			"packages": [
+				"**"
+			],
+			"pinVersion": "^3.21.0"
+		},
 		{
 			"dependencies": [
 				"@types/node"
diff --git a/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/changelog/dev-pin-simple-git b/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/changelog/dev-pin-simple-git
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20a6468016f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/changelog/dev-pin-simple-git
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Fix whitespace in package.json
diff --git a/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/package.json b/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/package.json
index 71d8dda3a3d..0fd3efe5df4 100644
--- a/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/package.json
+++ b/packages/php/remote-specs-validation/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 	},
 	"license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
 	"dependencies": {
-    	"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
-    	"json-refs": "^3.0.15",
+		"js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
+		"json-refs": "^3.0.15",
 		"commander": "^5.1.0"
-  	}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 82b49978bc6..50b21f31311 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -4621,8 +4621,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^7.1.0
         version: 7.3.3
       simple-git:
-        specifier: 3.5.0
-        version: 3.5.0
+        specifier: ^3.21.0
+        version: 3.21.0
 
   tools/monorepo-merge:
     dependencies:
@@ -47527,16 +47527,6 @@ packages:
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
 
-  /simple-git@3.5.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-fZsaq5nzdxQRhMNs6ESGLpMUHoL5GRP+boWPhq9pMYMKwOGZV2jHOxi8AbFFA2Y/6u4kR99HoULizSbpzaODkA==}
-    dependencies:
-      '@kwsites/file-exists': 1.1.1
-      '@kwsites/promise-deferred': 1.1.1
-      debug: 4.3.4(supports-color@9.4.0)
-    transitivePeerDependencies:
-      - supports-color
-    dev: false
-
   /simple-html-tokenizer@0.5.11:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-C2WEK/Z3HoSFbYq8tI7ni3eOo/NneSPRoPpcM7WdLjFOArFuyXEjAoCdOC3DgMfRyziZQ1hCNR4mrNdWEvD0og==}
 
diff --git a/tools/compare-perf/package.json b/tools/compare-perf/package.json
index 8d082e33c40..0921fcabbc9 100644
--- a/tools/compare-perf/package.json
+++ b/tools/compare-perf/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		"commander": "9.5.0",
 		"chalk": "^4.1.2",
 		"inquirer": "^7.1.0",
-		"simple-git": "3.5.0"
+		"simple-git": "^3.21.0"
 	},
 	"engines": {
 		"node": "^16.14.1",