diff --git a/tests/scripting.test.ts b/tests/scripting.test.ts
index 7bd439a..3ac2416 100644
--- a/tests/scripting.test.ts
+++ b/tests/scripting.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { createTestWorkspace, type TestWorkspace } from "./helpers.ts";
-import { jsonMock } from "./mock-http.ts";
+import { VERSION } from "../cli/src/version.ts";
+import { createTestWorkspace, type TestWorkspace } from "@/../tests/helpers.ts";
+import { jsonMock } from "@/../tests/mock-http.ts";
+
+const UPDATE_TEST_VERSION = `${Number(VERSION.split(".")[0]) + 1}.0.0`;
 
 const statusMocks = {
   auth: [jsonMock("GET", "/whoami", { error: "invalid key" }, 401)],
   forbidden: [jsonMock("GET", "/whoami", { error: "forbidden" }, 403)],
   rate: [jsonMock("GET", "/whoami", { error: "rate limited" }, 429)],
   server: [jsonMock("GET", "/whoami", { error: "internal server error" }, 500)],
-  missing: [jsonMock("GET", "/environments/production/connections/missing", { error: "not found" }, 404)],
+  missing: [
+    jsonMock("GET", "/environments/production/connections/missing", { error: "not found" }, 404),
+  ],
   conflict: [jsonMock("POST", "/service_accounts", { error: "conflict" }, 409)],
   validation: [jsonMock("POST", "/service_accounts", { error: "validation failed" }, 422)],
 };
@@ -58,11 +63,29 @@ describe("scriptable exit codes and JSON errors", () => {
 
   test.each([
     ["auth", statusMocks.auth, "altertable --json api GET /whoami", 2, "auth_failed"],
-    ["not found", statusMocks.missing, "altertable --json api GET /environments/production/connections/missing", 4, undefined],
+    [
+      "not found",
+      statusMocks.missing,
+      "altertable --json api GET /environments/production/connections/missing",
+      4,
+      undefined,
+    ],
     ["forbidden", statusMocks.forbidden, "altertable --json api GET /whoami", 3, "forbidden"],
-    ["conflict", statusMocks.conflict, "altertable --json api POST /service_accounts -f label=dup", 5, "conflict"],
+    [
+      "conflict",
+      statusMocks.conflict,
+      "altertable --json api POST /service_accounts -f label=dup",
+      5,
+      "conflict",
+    ],
     ["rate limit", statusMocks.rate, "altertable --json api GET /whoami", 7, "rate_limited"],
-    ["validation", statusMocks.validation, "altertable --json api POST /service_accounts -f label=bad", 6, "validation_error"],
+    [
+      "validation",
+      statusMocks.validation,
+      "altertable --json api POST /service_accounts -f label=bad",
+      6,
+      "validation_error",
+    ],
     ["server error", statusMocks.server, "altertable --json api GET /whoami", 8, "server_error"],
   ])("%s failure emits JSON error envelope", async (_name, mock, command, exitCode, code) => {
     await workspace.setupMockHttp(mock);
@@ -78,11 +101,18 @@ describe("scriptable exit codes and JSON errors", () => {
   });
 
   test("missing management credentials exits 10 with configuration_error", async () => {
-    const isolated = await createTestWorkspace({ ALTERTABLE_API_KEY: undefined, ALTERTABLE_ENV: undefined });
+    const isolated = await createTestWorkspace({
+      ALTERTABLE_API_KEY: undefined,
+      ALTERTABLE_ENV: undefined,
+    });
     try {
       const result = await isolated.runCommand("altertable --json api GET /whoami");
       expect(result.exitCode).toBe(10);
-      expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({ error: true, exit_code: 10, code: "configuration_error" });
+      expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({
+        error: true,
+        exit_code: 10,
+        code: "configuration_error",
+      });
     } finally {
       await isolated.cleanup();
     }
@@ -90,18 +120,31 @@ describe("scriptable exit codes and JSON errors", () => {
 
   test("network errors exit 9 with network_error", async () => {
     const result = await workspace.runCommand("altertable --json api GET /whoami", {
-      env: { ALTERTABLE_MANAGEMENT_API_BASE: "http://127.0.0.1:1", ALTERTABLE_MOCK_HTTP_FILE: undefined },
+      env: {
+        ALTERTABLE_MANAGEMENT_API_BASE: "http://127.0.0.1:1",
+        ALTERTABLE_MOCK_HTTP_FILE: undefined,
+      },
     });
 
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(9);
-    expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({ error: true, exit_code: 9, code: "network_error" });
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({
+      error: true,
+      exit_code: 9,
+      code: "network_error",
+    });
   });
 
   test("profile show missing uses configuration error semantics", async () => {
-    const result = await workspace.runCommand("altertable --json profile show --name missing-profile");
+    const result = await workspace.runCommand(
+      "altertable --json profile show --name missing-profile",
+    );
 
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(10);
-    expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({ error: true, exit_code: 10, code: "configuration_error" });
+    expect(JSON.parse(result.stderr)).toMatchObject({
+      error: true,
+      exit_code: 10,
+      code: "configuration_error",
+    });
   });
 
   test("usage errors exit 1", async () => {
@@ -111,18 +154,26 @@ describe("scriptable exit codes and JSON errors", () => {
   });
 
   test.each(["update", "upgrade"])("%s checks an explicit version", async (command) => {
-    const result = await workspace.runCommand(`altertable ${command} 1.2.0 --check`);
+    const result = await workspace.runCommand(
+      `altertable ${command} ${UPDATE_TEST_VERSION} --check`,
+    );
 
     expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(result.stdout).toContain("Target version v1.2.0 is already installed.");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(
+      `A new version of altertable is available: v${UPDATE_TEST_VERSION}`,
+    );
   });
 
   test("update accepts inherited global flags after its arguments", async () => {
-    const json = await workspace.runCommand("altertable update 1.2.0 --check --json");
-    const plain = await workspace.runCommand("altertable update 1.2.0 --check --no-color");
+    const json = await workspace.runCommand(
+      `altertable update ${UPDATE_TEST_VERSION} --check --json`,
+    );
+    const plain = await workspace.runCommand(
+      `altertable update ${UPDATE_TEST_VERSION} --check --no-color`,
+    );
 
     expect(json.exitCode).toBe(0);
-    expect(JSON.parse(json.stdout).latest_version).toBe("1.2.0");
+    expect(JSON.parse(json.stdout).latest_version).toBe(UPDATE_TEST_VERSION);
     expect(plain.exitCode).toBe(0);
     expect(plain.stdout).not.toContain("\u001B[");
   });