diff --git a/devsetup.sh b/devsetup.sh
index f03bc9dbe..961b07f65 100755
--- a/devsetup.sh
+++ b/devsetup.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ frontend() {
 }
 
 upgrade_frontend_repos() {
-  pnpm upgrade "'${FRONTEND[*]}'"
+  pnpm update "${FRONTEND[@]}"
 }
 
 messages() {