diff --git a/src/actions/dev.ts b/src/actions/dev.ts
index 91e8741..4afaeea 100644
--- a/src/actions/dev.ts
+++ b/src/actions/dev.ts
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ const showInfo = () => {
   console.log()
 }
 
-
-
 const send = async (config: Config, dayNum: number, part: 1 | 2) => {
   console.log(`\nPart ${part}:`)
   const dayData =
diff --git a/src/actions/init.ts b/src/actions/init.ts
index 508a9b6..6aa26b0 100644
--- a/src/actions/init.ts
+++ b/src/actions/init.ts
@@ -24,26 +24,34 @@ const init = async () => {
 
   const setup: Setup = await initPrompt()
 
-  const installCmd =
-    setup.packageManager === "npm"
-      ? "npm i"
-      : setup.packageManager === "yarn"
-      ? "yarn"
-      : "pnpm install"
-
-  const formatCmd =
-    setup.packageManager === "npm"
-      ? "npm run format"
-      : setup.packageManager === "yarn"
-      ? "yarn format"
-      : "pnpm format"
-
-  const startCmd =
-    setup.packageManager === "npm"
-      ? "npm start"
-      : setup.packageManager === "yarn"
-      ? "yarn start"
-      : "pnpm start"
+  const packageManagers = {
+    npm: {
+      install: "npm i",
+      format: "npm run format",
+      start: "npm start",
+      version: "npm -v",
+    },
+    yarn: {
+      install: "yarn",
+      format: "yarn format",
+      start: "yarn start",
+      version: "yarn -v",
+    },
+    pnpm: {
+      install: "pnpm install",
+      format: "pnpm format",
+      start: "pnpm start",
+      version: "pnpm -v",
+    },
+  } as const
+
+  const installCmd = packageManagers[setup.packageManager].install
+
+  const formatCmd = packageManagers[setup.packageManager].format
+
+  const startCmd = packageManagers[setup.packageManager].start
+
+  const versionCmd = packageManagers[setup.packageManager].version
 
   const dir = setup.name
   const srcDir = path.join(dir, "src")
@@ -55,9 +63,15 @@ const init = async () => {
 
   fs.mkdirSync(srcDir, { recursive: true })
 
+  const packageManagerVersion = execSync(versionCmd).toString().trim()
+
   const config = runnerJSON(setup)
 
-  save(dir, "package.json", packageJSON(setup))
+  save(
+    dir,
+    "package.json",
+    packageJSON(Object.assign(setup, { packageManagerVersion })),
+  )
   save(dir, ".prettierrc.json", prettierJSON(setup))
   save(dir, ".gitignore", gitignoreTXT(setup))
   save(dir, ".prettierignore", prettierignoreTXT(setup))
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index e17e8ed..b3f0235 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ switch (String(command || "").toLowerCase()) {
   }
   case "update:readme": {
     updateReadme()
-    break;
+    break
   }
   default: {
     console.log("Command not supported")
diff --git a/src/configs/packageJSON.ts b/src/configs/packageJSON.ts
index 3f59367..336308c 100644
--- a/src/configs/packageJSON.ts
+++ b/src/configs/packageJSON.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 import type { Setup } from "../types/common"
 import version from "../version.js"
 
-const packageJSON = ({ year, language, author }: Setup) => {
+const packageJSON = ({
+  year,
+  language,
+  author,
+  packageManager,
+  packageManagerVersion,
+}: Setup) => {
   const build = language === "ts" ? { build: "aocrunner build" } : {}
+  const preferredPackageManager =
+    packageManager && Boolean(packageManagerVersion)
+      ? { packageManager: `^${packageManager}@${packageManagerVersion}` }
+      : {}
 
   return {
     name: `aoc${year}`,
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@ const packageJSON = ({ year, language, author }: Setup) => {
     engines: {
       node: ">=16.13.0",
     },
+    ...preferredPackageManager,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types/common.ts b/src/types/common.ts
index da41392..fc400d8 100644
--- a/src/types/common.ts
+++ b/src/types/common.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export type Setup = {
   author: string
   semicolons: boolean
   strict: boolean
+  packageManagerVersion?: string
 }
 
 type DayConfig = {