diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
index fd9fd74624070..60717193b3cef 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
@@ -99,6 +99,148 @@ exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP json > new package json 1`] = `
 }
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP manifest > manifest 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "_id": "npm@{VERSION}",
+  "author": Object {
+    "name": "GitHub Inc.",
+  },
+  "bin": Object {
+    "npm": "bin/npm-cli.js",
+    "npx": "bin/npx-cli.js",
+  },
+  "bugs": Object {
+    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues",
+  },
+  "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
+  "directories": Object {
+    "bin": "./bin",
+    "doc": "./doc",
+    "lib": "./lib",
+    "man": "./man",
+  },
+  "exports": Object {
+    ".": Array [
+      Object {
+        "default": "./index.js",
+      },
+      "./index.js",
+    ],
+    "./package.json": "./package.json",
+  },
+  "files": Array [
+    "bin/",
+    "lib/",
+    "index.js",
+    "docs/content/",
+    "docs/output/",
+    "man/",
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://docs.npmjs.com/",
+  "keywords": Array [
+    "install",
+    "modules",
+    "package manager",
+    "package.json",
+  ],
+  "license": "Artistic-2.0",
+  "main": "./index.js",
+  "man": Array [
+    "man/man1/npm-access.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-adduser.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-audit.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-bugs.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-cache.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-ci.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-completion.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-config.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-dedupe.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-deprecate.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-diff.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-dist-tag.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-docs.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-doctor.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-edit.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-exec.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-explain.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-explore.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-find-dupes.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-fund.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-help-search.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-help.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-hook.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-init.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-install-ci-test.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-install-test.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-install.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-link.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-login.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-logout.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-ls.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-org.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-outdated.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-owner.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-pack.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-ping.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-pkg.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-prefix.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-profile.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-prune.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-publish.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-query.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-rebuild.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-repo.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-restart.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-root.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-run-script.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-search.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-shrinkwrap.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-star.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-stars.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-start.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-stop.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-team.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-test.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-token.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-uninstall.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-unpublish.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-unstar.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-update.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-version.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-view.1",
+    "man/man1/npm-whoami.1",
+    "man/man1/npm.1",
+    "man/man1/npx.1",
+    "man/man5/folders.5",
+    "man/man5/install.5",
+    "man/man5/npm-global.5",
+    "man/man5/npm-json.5",
+    "man/man5/npm-shrinkwrap-json.5",
+    "man/man5/npmrc.5",
+    "man/man5/package-json.5",
+    "man/man5/package-lock-json.5",
+    "man/man7/config.7",
+    "man/man7/dependency-selectors.7",
+    "man/man7/developers.7",
+    "man/man7/logging.7",
+    "man/man7/orgs.7",
+    "man/man7/package-spec.7",
+    "man/man7/registry.7",
+    "man/man7/removal.7",
+    "man/man7/scope.7",
+    "man/man7/scripts.7",
+    "man/man7/workspaces.7",
+  ],
+  "name": "npm",
+  "readmeFilename": "README.md",
+  "repository": Object {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git",
+  },
+  "version": "{VERSION}",
+}
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/commands/publish.js TAP no auth dry-run > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 + test-package@1.0.0
 `
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index 0781d94374cc2..820760bb5704d 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -719,3 +719,54 @@ t.test('public access', async t => {
   t.matchSnapshot(joinedOutput(), 'new package version')
   t.matchSnapshot(logs.notice)
 })
+
+t.test('manifest', async t => {
+  // https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/6470#issuecomment-1571234863
+
+  // snapshot test that was generated against v9.6.7 originally to ensure our
+  // own manifest does not change unexpectedly when publishing. this test
+  // asserts a bunch of keys are there that will change often and then snapshots
+  // the rest of the manifest.
+
+  const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../..')
+  const npmPkg = require(path.join(root, 'package.json'))
+
+  t.cleanSnapshot = (s) => s.replace(new RegExp(npmPkg.version, 'g'), '{VERSION}')
+
+  let manifest = null
+  const { npm } = await loadMockNpm(t, {
+    config: {
+      ...auth,
+    },
+    chdir: () => root,
+    mocks: {
+      libnpmpublish: {
+        publish: (m) => manifest = m,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  await npm.exec('publish', [])
+
+  const okKeys = [
+    'contributors',
+    'bundleDependencies',
+    'dependencies',
+    'devDependencies',
+    'templateOSS',
+    'scripts',
+    'tap',
+    'readme',
+    'gitHead',
+    'engines',
+    'workspaces',
+  ]
+
+  for (const k of okKeys) {
+    t.ok(manifest[k], k)
+    delete manifest[k]
+  }
+
+  manifest.man.sort()
+
+  t.matchSnapshot(manifest, 'manifest')
+})