diff --git a/src/tasks/install.ts b/src/tasks/install.ts
index 5fdc870..0165f72 100644
--- a/src/tasks/install.ts
+++ b/src/tasks/install.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Effect, FileSystem } from "effect";
 import path from "node:path";
 
 import {
+  dependencyVersionMap,
   getCreateTemplateDependencies,
   getDependencyVersion,
   PRISMA_DENO_CLI_PACKAGE,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type PackageJson = {
   devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
   scripts?: Record<string, string>;
   resolutions?: Record<string, string>;
-  overrides?: Record<string, string>;
+  overrides?: Record<string, string | Record<string, string>>;
   [key: string]: unknown;
 };
 
@@ -156,6 +157,21 @@ export const addPackageDependencyEffect = Effect.fn("Dependencies.add")(function
   yield* writePackageJson(packageJsonPath, packageJson);
 });
 
+// alchemy declares an optional peer on mongodb 6 for resources the scaffold
+// never loads, and @prisma/orm-mongo requires mongodb 7. npm fails the install
+// on that conflict; the other package managers only warn.
+const resolveAlchemyMongoPeerForNpm = Effect.fn("Dependencies.resolveAlchemyMongoPeerForNpm")(
+  function* (projectDir: string) {
+    const packageJsonPath = path.join(projectDir, "package.json");
+    const packageJson = yield* readPackageJson(packageJsonPath);
+    packageJson.overrides = {
+      ...packageJson.overrides,
+      alchemy: { mongodb: dependencyVersionMap.mongodb },
+    };
+    yield* writePackageJson(packageJsonPath, packageJson);
+  },
+);
+
 export const writePrismaDependenciesEffect = Effect.fn("Dependencies.writePrisma")(function* (
   provider: DatabaseProvider,
   packageManager: PackageManager,
@@ -187,6 +203,9 @@ export const writePrismaDependenciesEffect = Effect.fn("Dependencies.writePrisma
       projectDir: path.join(projectDir, "packages/database"),
     });
   }
+  if (provider === "mongo" && packageManager === "npm") {
+    yield* resolveAlchemyMongoPeerForNpm(projectDir);
+  }
 });
 
 export const writeCreateTemplateDependenciesEffect = Effect.fn("Dependencies.writeTemplate")(
diff --git a/templates/create/_package-manager/pnpm-workspace.yaml.hbs b/templates/create/_package-manager/pnpm-workspace.yaml.hbs
index e1af88d..9f3ab37 100644
--- a/templates/create/_package-manager/pnpm-workspace.yaml.hbs
+++ b/templates/create/_package-manager/pnpm-workspace.yaml.hbs
@@ -18,4 +18,9 @@ minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
   - "@prisma/*"
 overrides:
   effect: "4.0.0-rc.115"
+{{#if (eq provider "mongo")}}
+peerDependencyRules:
+  allowedVersions:
+    "alchemy>mongodb": "7"
+{{/if}}
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/create-prisma.e2e.test.ts b/tests/e2e/create-prisma.e2e.test.ts
index fba5adf..586fa63 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/create-prisma.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/create-prisma.e2e.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 
+import { MongoMemoryReplSet } from "mongodb-memory-server";
+
 import { runCreateCommand } from "../../src/commands/create";
 import { dependencyVersionMap } from "../../src/constants/dependencies";
 import type { CreateCommandResult } from "../../src/result";
@@ -128,11 +130,16 @@ async function fetchUntilResponding(url: string, deadline: number): Promise<Resp
   }
 }
 
-async function verifyBuiltServer(projectDir: string, port: number, expectedStatus: number) {
+async function verifyBuiltServer(
+  projectDir: string,
+  port: number,
+  expectedStatus: number,
+  env: Record<string, string> = {},
+) {
   const process = Bun.spawn({
     cmd: ["node", "dist/server.mjs"],
     cwd: projectDir,
-    env: { ...Bun.env, PORT: String(port) },
+    env: { ...Bun.env, ...env, PORT: String(port) },
     stdout: "pipe",
     stderr: "pipe",
   });
@@ -682,6 +689,63 @@ describe("create-prisma e2e", () => {
     TEST_TIMEOUT,
   );
 
+  test(
+    "installs a MongoDB app with npm and runs it against MongoDB",
+    async () => {
+      const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "create-prisma-mongo-npm-e2e-"));
+      tempRoots.push(rootDir);
+      const { result, exitCode } = await runCreatePrismaJson(rootDir, [
+        "mongo-npm-app",
+        "--template",
+        "minimal",
+        "--provider",
+        "mongodb",
+        "--authoring",
+        "psl",
+        "--package-manager",
+        "npm",
+        "--no-deploy",
+        "--json",
+      ]);
+
+      expect(result).toMatchObject({
+        ok: true,
+        project: { databaseProvider: "mongo", packageManager: "npm" },
+        deployment: null,
+      });
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+
+      const projectDir = path.join(rootDir, "mongo-npm-app");
+      const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+        await readFile(path.join(projectDir, "package.json"), "utf8"),
+      ) as Record<string, any>;
+      expect(packageJson.overrides.alchemy).toEqual({ mongodb: dependencyVersionMap.mongodb });
+      const installedDriver = JSON.parse(
+        await readFile(path.join(projectDir, "node_modules/mongodb/package.json"), "utf8"),
+      ) as { version: string };
+      expect(installedDriver.version).toMatch(/^7\./);
+      expect(
+        await pathExists(path.join(projectDir, "node_modules/alchemy/node_modules/mongodb")),
+      ).toBe(false);
+
+      await runCommand(projectDir, ["npm", "run", "contract:emit"]);
+      await runCommand(projectDir, ["npm", "run", "build"]);
+      await runCommand(projectDir, ["npx", "tsc", "--noEmit"]);
+
+      const mongod = await MongoMemoryReplSet.create({ replSet: { count: 1 } });
+      try {
+        const body = await verifyBuiltServer(projectDir, 46_160, 200, {
+          DATABASE_URL: mongod.getUri("app"),
+        });
+        const { users } = JSON.parse(body) as { users: Array<{ name: string }> };
+        expect(users.map((user) => user.name)).toEqual(["Alice", "Bob", "Carol"]);
+      } finally {
+        await mongod.stop();
+      }
+    },
+    TEST_TIMEOUT,
+  );
+
   test(
     "generates and checks a minimal Deno Prisma Postgres app",
     async () => {
diff --git a/tests/install.test.ts b/tests/install.test.ts
index b258ea2..9729cbb 100644
--- a/tests/install.test.ts
+++ b/tests/install.test.ts
@@ -577,13 +577,21 @@ describe("generated templates", () => {
                     '  - "@prisma/*"',
                     "overrides:",
                     `  effect: "${dependencyVersionMap.effect}"`,
+                    ...(provider === "mongo"
+                      ? ["peerDependencyRules:", "  allowedVersions:", '    "alchemy>mongodb": "7"']
+                      : []),
                     "",
                   ].join("\n"),
                 );
               } else if (packageManager === "yarn") {
                 expect(packageJson.resolutions?.effect).toBe(dependencyVersionMap.effect);
               } else {
-                expect(packageJson.overrides?.effect).toBe(dependencyVersionMap.effect);
+                expect(packageJson.overrides).toEqual({
+                  effect: dependencyVersionMap.effect,
+                  ...(provider === "mongo" && packageManager === "npm"
+                    ? { alchemy: { mongodb: dependencyVersionMap.mongodb } }
+                    : {}),
+                });
               }
             } finally {
               await rm(projectDir, { recursive: true, force: true });