diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dc9968d8e299..f09273c5e0b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "clear": "(pnpm --filter website clear || echo 'Failure while running docusaurus clear') && pnpm rimraf test-website && pnpm rimraf test-website-in-workspace && pnpm lerna exec --ignore docusaurus pnpm rimraf lib",
     "test:baseUrl": "pnpm build:website:baseUrl && pnpm serve:website:baseUrl",
     "lock:update": "pnpm install --lockfile-only",
-    "update-translations": "pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations update"
+    "update-translations": "pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations run update"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@ai-sdk/react": "catalog:dev",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/README.md b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/README.md
index 2991e5968aa2..91a6db5fe079 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/README.md
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This package includes default translations for labels (like the pagination "Next
 
 Please help us provide exhaustive translations:
 
-- add new translation by running `pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations update %new_lang_code%`, then edit generated JSON files
+- add new translation by running `pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations run update %new_lang_code%`, then edit generated JSON files
 - double-check existent `language.json` file for bad or missing translations
 
 ## For maintainers:
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
index 16299fb1997e..d0da1014002e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-translations/locales/__tests__/locales.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {readJSON} from '@docusaurus/fs';
 import {extractThemeCodeMessages} from '../../src/utils';
 
 describe('theme translations', () => {
-  it('has base messages files contain EXACTLY all the translations extracted from the theme. Please run "pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations update" to keep base messages files up-to-date', async () => {
+  it('has base messages files contain EXACTLY all the translations extracted from the theme. Please run "pnpm --filter @docusaurus/theme-translations run update" to keep base messages files up-to-date', async () => {
     const baseMessagesDirPath = path.join(__dirname, '../base');
     const baseMessages = await fs
       .readdir(baseMessagesDirPath)