diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
index 11c74c8d..80d217fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x]
+        node-version: [14.x, 16.x]
         # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
 
     steps:
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-command-js.js b/generators/app/generate-command-js.js
index 56351e43..091e1607 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-command-js.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-command-js.js
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'yarn') {
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.yarnrc'), generator.destinationPath('.yarnrc'), extensionConfig);
+        } else if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'pnpm') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.npmrc-pnpm'), generator.destinationPath('.npmrc'), extensionConfig);
         }
 
         extensionConfig.installDependencies = true;
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-command-ts.js b/generators/app/generate-command-ts.js
index 3722f6ee..ecfe63ed 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-command-ts.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-command-ts.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'yarn') {
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.yarnrc'), generator.destinationPath('.yarnrc'), extensionConfig);
+        } else if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'pnpm') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.npmrc-pnpm'), generator.destinationPath('.npmrc'), extensionConfig);
         }
 
         extensionConfig.installDependencies = true;
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-command-web.js b/generators/app/generate-command-web.js
index 847601a7..1c29cd18 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-command-web.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-command-web.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'yarn') {
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.yarnrc'), generator.destinationPath('.yarnrc'), extensionConfig);
+        } else if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'pnpm') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.npmrc-pnpm'), generator.destinationPath('.npmrc'), extensionConfig);
         }
 
         extensionConfig.installDependencies = true;
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-localization.js b/generators/app/generate-localization.js
index b74bcaeb..64750503 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-localization.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-localization.js
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'yarn') {
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.yarnrc'), generator.destinationPath('.yarnrc'), extensionConfig);
+        } else if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'pnpm') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.npmrc-pnpm'), generator.destinationPath('.npmrc'), extensionConfig);
         }
 
         extensionConfig.installDependencies = true;
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-notebook-renderer.js b/generators/app/generate-notebook-renderer.js
index 408ca203..f0c6a800 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-notebook-renderer.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-notebook-renderer.js
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
         if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'yarn') {
             generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.yarnrc'), generator.destinationPath('.yarnrc'), extensionConfig);
+        } else if (extensionConfig.pkgManager === 'pnpm') {
+            generator.fs.copyTpl(generator.templatePath('.npmrc-pnpm'), generator.destinationPath('.npmrc'), extensionConfig);
         }
 
         extensionConfig.installDependencies = true;
diff --git a/generators/app/generate-snippets.js b/generators/app/generate-snippets.js
index 81db6bb4..ee15d432 100644
--- a/generators/app/generate-snippets.js
+++ b/generators/app/generate-snippets.js
@@ -249,11 +249,3 @@ function getFileContent(filePath, errors) {
         return null;
     }
 }
-
-function isFile(filePath) {
-    try {
-        return fs.statSync(filePath).isFile()
-    } catch (e) {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/.npmrc-pnpm b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/.npmrc-pnpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d1b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-js/.npmrc-pnpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable-pre-post-scripts = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/.npmrc-pnpm b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/.npmrc-pnpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d1b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-ts/.npmrc-pnpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable-pre-post-scripts = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/.npmrc-pnpm b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/.npmrc-pnpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d1b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/ext-command-web/.npmrc-pnpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable-pre-post-scripts = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-localization/.npmrc-pnpm b/generators/app/templates/ext-localization/.npmrc-pnpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d1b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/ext-localization/.npmrc-pnpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable-pre-post-scripts = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/generators/app/templates/ext-notebook-renderer/.npmrc-pnpm b/generators/app/templates/ext-notebook-renderer/.npmrc-pnpm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37d1b604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generators/app/templates/ext-notebook-renderer/.npmrc-pnpm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+enable-pre-post-scripts = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b78ffc0c..ade4eb89 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/Microsoft"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=12.10.0"
+    "node": ">=14.15.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index fedc68de..cc6bd2fe 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ describe('test code generator', function () {
                     }
                 };
                 try {
-                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/extension.ts', 'src/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json', '.eslintrc.json', '.vscode/extensions.json']);
+                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/extension.ts', 'src/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json', '.eslintrc.json', '.vscode/extensions.json', '.npmrc']);
 
                     runResult.assertJsonFileContent('testCom/package.json', expectedPackageJSON);
 
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ describe('test code generator', function () {
                 try {
 
 
-                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/extension.ts', 'src/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json']);
+                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/extension.ts', 'src/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json', '.npmrc']);
 
                     runResult.assertJsonFileContent('testCom/package.json', expectedPackageJSON);
 
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ describe('test code generator', function () {
                     }
                 };
                 try {
-                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['extension.js', 'test/suite/extension.test.js', 'test/suite/index.js', 'jsconfig.json']);
+                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['extension.js', 'test/suite/extension.test.js', 'test/suite/index.js', 'jsconfig.json', '.npmrc']);
 
                     runResult.assertJsonFileContent('testCom/package.json', expectedPackageJSON);
 
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ describe('test code generator', function () {
                     }
                 };
                 try {
-                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/web/extension.ts', 'webpack.config.js', 'src/web/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/web/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json']);
+                    assertFiles(runResult, 'testCom', ['src/web/extension.ts', 'webpack.config.js', 'src/web/test/suite/extension.test.ts', 'src/web/test/suite/index.ts', 'tsconfig.json', '.npmrc']);
 
                     runResult.assertJsonFileContent('testCom/package.json', expectedPackageJSON);
 
@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ describe('test code generator', function () {
                     ])
                 };
                 try {
-                    assertFiles(runResult, 'json-renderer-ext', ['webpack.config.js', '.gitignore', '.eslintrc.json']);
+                    assertFiles(runResult, 'json-renderer-ext', ['webpack.config.js', '.gitignore', '.eslintrc.json', '.npmrc']);
 
                     runResult.assertJsonFileContent('json-renderer-ext/package.json', expectedPackageJSON);