diff --git a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
index 6f1c3657..06f483d5 100644
--- a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
+++ b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 
+import {
+  PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME,
+  PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION,
+} from './build-public-npm-package.mjs';
+
 const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 const SCRIPT_DIR = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR = resolve(SCRIPT_DIR, '..');
@@ -12,6 +17,16 @@ const PUBLIC_NPM_ARTIFACT_DIR = join('dist', 'artifacts', 'npm');
 const OPT_IN_MESSAGE =
   'Set KTX_RUN_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS_SMOKE=1 or pass --force to run the local embeddings smoke.';
 
+function escapeRegExp(value) {
+  return value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
+export function expectedPublicKtxVersionPattern() {
+  return new RegExp(
+    `${escapeRegExp(PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_NAME)} ${escapeRegExp(PUBLIC_NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION)}`,
+  );
+}
+
 export function localEmbeddingsSmokeOptIn(env = process.env, args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
   if (env.KTX_RUN_LOCAL_EMBEDDINGS_SMOKE === '1' || args.includes('--force')) {
     return { run: true };
@@ -264,7 +279,7 @@ export async function runLocalEmbeddingsRuntimeSmoke(options = {}) {
       timeoutMs: commands[0].timeoutMs,
     });
     requireSuccess(commands[0].label, version);
-    requireOutput(commands[0].label, version, /@kaelio\/ktx 0\.0\.0-private/);
+    requireOutput(commands[0].label, version, expectedPublicKtxVersionPattern());
 
     const missingStatus = parseJsonStdout(
       commands[1].label,
diff --git a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
index 119fb05a..af9ee6e3 100644
--- a/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 
 import {
   buildLocalEmbeddingsSmokeEnv,
+  expectedPublicKtxVersionPattern,
   localEmbeddingsSmokeCommands,
   localEmbeddingsSmokeOptIn,
   parseDaemonBaseUrl,
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ describe('publicKtxTarballName', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('expectedPublicKtxVersionPattern', () => {
+  it('matches the public package version and rejects the private workspace version', () => {
+    const pattern = expectedPublicKtxVersionPattern();
+
+    assert.match('@kaelio/ktx 0.1.0\n', pattern);
+    assert.doesNotMatch('@kaelio/ktx 0.0.0-private\n', pattern);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('buildLocalEmbeddingsSmokeEnv', () => {
   it('isolates the runtime root and model caches inside the smoke root', () => {
     const env = buildLocalEmbeddingsSmokeEnv('/tmp/ktx-local-embedding-smoke', {