diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2025-10-03-14-59.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2025-10-03-14-59.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bd7ff97cb34..00000000000
--- a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/main_2025-10-03-14-59.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "changes": [
-    {
-      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
-      "comment": "",
-      "type": "none"
-    }
-  ],
-  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/revert-5394-bump-init_2025-10-03-17-42.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/revert-5394-bump-init_2025-10-03-17-42.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efcd84c45fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/revert-5394-bump-init_2025-10-03-17-42.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "comment": "",
+      "type": "none",
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+  "email": "iclanton@users.noreply.github.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/rush.json b/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/rush.json
index 1ba203bb460..20d52ad9f60 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/rush.json
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/assets/rush-init/rush.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    * Specify one of: "pnpmVersion", "npmVersion", or "yarnVersion".  See the Rush documentation
    * for details about these alternatives.
    */
-  "pnpmVersion": "10.18.0",
+  "pnpmVersion": "9.15.9",
 
   /*[LINE "HYPOTHETICAL"]*/ "npmVersion": "6.14.15",
   /*[LINE "HYPOTHETICAL"]*/ "yarnVersion": "1.9.4",