diff --git a/.changeset/many-islands-roll.md b/.changeset/many-islands-roll.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b95a5f12d673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/many-islands-roll.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+test: fix C3 e2e tests for Angular
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
index 514cb25230b1..9b6e93fe5acf 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/e2e-tests/pages.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe.concurrent(`E2E: Web frameworks`, () => {
 			timeout: 1000 * 60 * 5,
 		},
 		angular: {
-			expectResponseToContain: "Love Angular?",
+			expectResponseToContain: "Congratulations! Your app is running.",
 			testCommitMessage: true,
 		},
 		gatsby: {
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
index 651438ba94d4..46810c701430 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/helpers/command.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export const runFrameworkGenerator = async (
 	ctx: PagesGeneratorContext,
 	argString: string
 ) => {
-	const cli = getFrameworkCli(ctx);
+	const cli = getFrameworkCli(ctx, true);
 	const { npm, dlx } = detectPackageManager();
 
 	// yarn cannot `yarn create@some-version` and doesn't have an npx equivalent