diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index bbfe75087..37f26d018 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Release with new features and bugfixes:
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1685[#1685]: Add Nest CLI to IDEasy commandlets
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1882[#1882]: Add AWS CDK to IDEasy commandlets
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/800[#800]: Fix infinite recursion in Sonar start/stop on macOS
+* https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1886[#1886]: Fix NpmBasedCommandlet shows wrong tool version after install
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1716[#1716]: Add commandlet for Claude Code CLI
 * https://github.com/devonfw/IDEasy/issues/1844[#1844]: Fix vscode installation hanging indefinitely in WSL Linux environments
 
diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/npm/NpmBasedCommandlet.java b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/npm/NpmBasedCommandlet.java
index 93eeb3976..b96d3049d 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/npm/NpmBasedCommandlet.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/com/devonfw/tools/ide/tool/npm/NpmBasedCommandlet.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.devonfw.tools.ide.tool.npm;
 
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -50,6 +51,17 @@ public ToolRepository getToolRepository() {
     return this.context.getNpmRepository();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Override to ignore the toolPath parameter and use npm package manager to detect the actual installed version of the tool.
+   *
+   * @param toolPath the installation {@link Path} where to find the version file.
+   * @return the installed version or null if not installed.
+   */
+  @Override
+  protected VersionIdentifier getInstalledVersion(Path toolPath) {
+    return computeInstalledVersion();
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected VersionIdentifier computeInstalledVersion() {
     return runPackageManagerGetInstalledVersion(getPackageName());