diff --git a/scripts/examples-docs.test.mjs b/scripts/examples-docs.test.mjs
index 2f6c9ef6..b3c5d3b4 100644
--- a/scripts/examples-docs.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/examples-docs.test.mjs
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ describe('standalone example docs', () => {
     const quickstart = await readText('docs-site/content/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx');
     const packageArtifacts = await readText('examples/package-artifacts/README.md');
 
-    assert.match(rootReadme, publicPackagePattern('pnpm add --global {package}'));
+    assert.match(rootReadme, publicPackagePattern('npm install -g {package}'));
     assert.match(quickstart, publicPackagePattern('npm install -g {package}'));
     assert.match(quickstart, /ktx dev runtime install --feature local-embeddings --yes/);
     assert.match(quickstart, /ktx dev runtime start --feature local-embeddings/);