From d0eed87993172abb33bbef2bdc61429508353fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Nacho=20Codo=C3=B1er?= <igcogi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:32:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] use `meteor npm` and `meteor update --npm` in `create-app`
 script to manage dependencies

---
 tools/cli/commands-packages.js           |  2 +-
 tools/modern-tests/scripts/create-app.js | 28 ++++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/cli/commands-packages.js b/tools/cli/commands-packages.js
index 02f896676f..395c26ba36 100644
--- a/tools/cli/commands-packages.js
+++ b/tools/cli/commands-packages.js
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ main.registerCommand({
   }
 
   // Compile the app to resolve NPM dependencies bump coming from plugins
-  if (!files.inCheckout() && options["npm"]) {
+  if (options["npm"]) {
     await compileMeteorApp(options);
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/tools/modern-tests/scripts/create-app.js b/tools/modern-tests/scripts/create-app.js
index 3c00d3f6e2..eb3a9abf07 100644
--- a/tools/modern-tests/scripts/create-app.js
+++ b/tools/modern-tests/scripts/create-app.js
@@ -364,18 +364,23 @@ async function setupFromApp(appName, destDir, { isMonorepo = false, force = fals
     stdio: 'inherit',
   });
 
+  log.step('Updating Meteor npm dependencies...');
+  await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['update', '--npm'], {
+    cwd: meteorAppDir,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+  });
+
   if (isMonorepo) {
-    log.step('Running npm install at root level...');
-    await execa.command('npm install', { cwd: destDir, stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
-    log.step('Running npm install at app level...');
-    await execa.command('npm install', {
+    log.step('Running meteor npm install at root level...');
+    await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['npm', 'install'], { cwd: destDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
+    log.step('Running meteor npm install at app level...');
+    await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['npm', 'install'], {
       cwd: path.join(destDir, 'app'),
       stdio: 'inherit',
-      shell: true,
     });
   } else {
-    log.step('Running npm install...');
-    await execa.command('npm install', { cwd: destDir, stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
+    log.step('Running meteor npm install...');
+    await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['npm', 'install'], { cwd: destDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
   }
 
   return { destDir, appPackageJsonPath };
@@ -410,6 +415,15 @@ async function setupFromSkeleton(skeletonName, destDir, { force = false } = {})
     stdio: 'inherit',
   });
 
+  log.step('Updating Meteor npm dependencies...');
+  await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['update', '--npm'], {
+    cwd: destDir,
+    stdio: 'inherit',
+  });
+
+  log.step('Running meteor npm install...');
+  await execa(METEOR_EXECUTABLE, ['npm', 'install'], { cwd: destDir, stdio: 'inherit' });
+
   const appPackageJsonPath = path.join(destDir, 'package.json');
 
   const envVars = extractEnvVarsFromTestFile(skeletonName, false);