diff --git a/src/cli/update-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/update-cli.test.ts
index 0f784b8438c..5ade9bc3c3d 100644
--- a/src/cli/update-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/update-cli.test.ts
@@ -751,6 +751,12 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
     const brewRoot = path.join(brewPrefix, "lib", "node_modules");
     const pkgRoot = path.join(brewRoot, "openclaw");
     const brewNpm = path.join(brewPrefix, "bin", "npm");
+    const win32PrefixNpm = path.join(brewPrefix, "npm.cmd");
+    const owningNpmCommands = new Set(
+      [brewNpm, path.resolve(brewNpm), win32PrefixNpm, path.resolve(win32PrefixNpm)].map(
+        (candidate) => path.normalize(candidate),
+      ),
+    );
     const pathNpmRoot = createCaseDir("nvm-root");
     mockPackageInstallStatus(pkgRoot);
     pathExists.mockResolvedValue(false);
@@ -776,7 +782,11 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
           termination: "exit",
         };
       }
-      if (argv[0] === brewNpm && argv[1] === "root" && argv[2] === "-g") {
+      if (
+        owningNpmCommands.has(path.normalize(String(argv[0] ?? ""))) &&
+        argv[1] === "root" &&
+        argv[2] === "-g"
+      ) {
         return {
           stdout: `${brewRoot}\n`,
           stderr: "",
@@ -808,6 +818,7 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
       .mock.calls.find(
         ([argv]) =>
           Array.isArray(argv) &&
+          owningNpmCommands.has(path.normalize(String(argv[0] ?? ""))) &&
           argv[1] === "i" &&
           argv[2] === "-g" &&
           argv[3] === "openclaw@latest",