diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 422d9a5c7..0db11d015 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		"lint:md": "markdownlint \"**/*.md\" \".github/**/*.md\" --rules sentences-per-line",
 		"lint:packages": "pnpm dedupe --check",
 		"lint:spelling": "cspell \"**\" \".github/**/*\"",
-		"prepare": "husky install",
+		"prepare": "husky",
 		"test": "vitest",
 		"test:create": "node script/create-test-e2e.js",
 		"test:initialize": "node script/initialize-test-e2e.js",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-vitest": "^0.4.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-yml": "^1.10.0",
 		"globby": "^14.0.0",
-		"husky": "^9.0.0",
+		"husky": "^9.0.11",
 		"jsonc-eslint-parser": "^2.4.0",
 		"knip": "5.6.1",
 		"lint-staged": "^15.2.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 7713120c9..b99a2aa2a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ devDependencies:
     specifier: ^14.0.0
     version: 14.0.1
   husky:
-    specifier: ^9.0.0
+    specifier: ^9.0.11
     version: 9.0.11
   jsonc-eslint-parser:
     specifier: ^2.4.0
diff --git a/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.test.ts b/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.test.ts
index a3108f423..a1fc046ba 100644
--- a/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.test.ts
+++ b/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.test.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ describe("writePackageJson", () => {
 			    "lint:md": "markdownlint "**/*.md" ".github/**/*.md" --rules sentences-per-line",
 			    "lint:packages": "pnpm dedupe --check",
 			    "lint:spelling": "cspell "**" ".github/**/*"",
-			    "prepare": "husky install",
+			    "prepare": "husky",
 			    "test": "vitest",
 			    "tsc": "tsc",
 			  },
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe("writePackageJson", () => {
 			    "build": "tsup",
 			    "format": "prettier .",
 			    "lint": "eslint . .*js --max-warnings 0",
-			    "prepare": "husky install",
+			    "prepare": "husky",
 			    "tsc": "tsc",
 			  },
 			  "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.ts b/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.ts
index 61d9f0a86..64dc749a7 100644
--- a/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.ts
+++ b/src/steps/writing/creation/writePackageJson.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export async function writePackageJson(options: Options) {
 			...(!options.excludeLintSpelling && {
 				"lint:spelling": 'cspell "**" ".github/**/*"',
 			}),
-			prepare: "husky install",
+			prepare: "husky",
 			...(!options.excludeReleases && { test: "vitest" }),
 			tsc: "tsc",
 		},