diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/package.json b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ac5eece7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "command-update-global-dev-engines",
+  "devEngines": {
+    "packageManager": {
+      "name": "pnpm",
+      "version": "11.20.0",
+      "onFail": "download"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots.toml b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d77771b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[[case]]
+name = "command_update_global_dev_engines"
+vp = "global"
+comment = "Global updates ignore the current project's package-manager requirement."
+steps = [
+  { argv = ["vp", "install", "-g", "testnpm2@1.0.0"], snapshot = false, continue-on-failure = true },
+  { tty = false, argv = ["vp", "update", "-g", "--latest"], continue-on-failure = true },
+]
+after = [
+  { argv = ["vp", "remove", "-g", "testnpm2"], continue-on-failure = true },
+]
diff --git a/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots/command_update_global_dev_engines.md b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots/command_update_global_dev_engines.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4152afc4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/vp_cli_snapshots/tests/cli_snapshots/fixtures/command_update_global_dev_engines/snapshots/command_update_global_dev_engines.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# command_update_global_dev_engines
+
+Global updates ignore the current project's package-manager requirement.
+
+## `vp install -g testnpm2@1.0.0`
+
+
+## `vp update -g --latest`
+
+```
+info: Updating 1 global package with Node.js <version>
+✓ Updated testnpm2 to 1.0.1
+```
diff --git a/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/global/mod.rs b/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/global/mod.rs
index 91e4961485..dfefb1cdde 100644
--- a/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/global/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vp_global_cli/src/commands/global/mod.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ async fn npm_view(
     field: &str,
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
     let output = Command::new(npm_path.as_path())
-        .args(["view", package_spec, field, "--json"])
+        .args(["view", "-g", package_spec, field, "--json"])
         .env("PATH", format_path_prepended(node_bin_dir.as_path()))
         .stdout(Stdio::piped())
         .stderr(Stdio::piped())