diff --git a/src/cli-scripts/common.ts b/src/cli-scripts/common.ts
index 9ddb73f..7f330ff 100644
--- a/src/cli-scripts/common.ts
+++ b/src/cli-scripts/common.ts
@@ -234,3 +234,16 @@ function formatHrTime(hrtime: any) {
   }
   return time.toFixed(2) + TIME_UNITS[index];
 }
+
+export function getInstallCommand(npmClient: string): string {
+  switch (npmClient) {
+    case 'yarn':
+    case 'bun':
+    case 'pnpm':
+      return 'add';
+
+    case 'npm':
+    default:
+      return 'install';
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli-scripts/update.ts b/src/cli-scripts/update.ts
index 6a29c2f..d7d4f02 100644
--- a/src/cli-scripts/update.ts
+++ b/src/cli-scripts/update.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { copySync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { join, isAbsolute, resolve, relative } from 'path';
 
 import type { TaskInfoProvider, Plugin } from './common';
-import { getPlugins, readJSON, resolveElectronPlugin, runExec } from './common';
+import { getPlugins, readJSON, resolveElectronPlugin, runExec, getInstallCommand } from './common';
 
 export async function doUpdate(taskInfoMessageProvider: TaskInfoProvider): Promise<void> {
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion
@@ -108,11 +108,23 @@ export async function doUpdate(taskInfoMessageProvider: TaskInfoProvider): Promi
     usersProjectCapConfigFile = configFileOptions.json;
     configFileName = 'capacitor.config.json';
   }
-  copySync(usersProjectCapConfigFile, join(usersProjectDir, 'electron', configFileName), { overwrite: true });
+
+  const usersProjectConfigFilePath = join(usersProjectDir, 'electron', configFileName);
+
+  copySync(usersProjectCapConfigFile, usersProjectConfigFilePath, { overwrite: true });
 
   if (npmIStr.length > 0) {
     taskInfoMessageProvider('installing electron plugin files');
     console.log(`\n\nWill install:${npmIStr}\n\n`);
-    await runExec(`cd ${join(usersProjectDir, 'electron')} && npm i${npmIStr}`);
+
+    const config = readJSON(usersProjectConfigFilePath);
+
+    const npmClient = config.electron?.npmClient || 'npm';
+    const installCommand = getInstallCommand(npmClient);
+    const registryCommand = config.electron?.registry ? ` --registry ${config.electron.registry}` : '';
+
+    await runExec(
+      `cd ${join(usersProjectDir, 'electron')} && ${npmClient} ${installCommand}${npmIStr}${registryCommand}`
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/electron-platform/definitions.ts b/src/electron-platform/definitions.ts
index 012b8be..4e61582 100644
--- a/src/electron-platform/definitions.ts
+++ b/src/electron-platform/definitions.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export interface ElectronConfig {
   backgroundColor?: string;
   appId?: string;
   appName?: string;
+  npmClient?: string;
+  registry?: string;
 }
 
 export type CapacitorElectronConfig = CapacitorConfig & {