diff --git a/.changeset/fix-tanstack-loadoptions-test.md b/.changeset/fix-tanstack-loadoptions-test.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a845151cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-tanstack-loadoptions-test.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+---
diff --git a/integration/tests/tanstack-start/keyless.test.ts b/integration/tests/tanstack-start/keyless.test.ts
index 90309c9c72a..4427a4a1c6a 100644
--- a/integration/tests/tanstack-start/keyless.test.ts
+++ b/integration/tests/tanstack-start/keyless.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ test.describe('Keyless mode @tanstack-react-start', () => {
     const response = await page.goto(`${app.serverUrl}/`);
     expect(response?.status()).toBe(500);
     expect(app.devOutput).toContain('Missing secretKey');
-    expect(app.devOutput).toContain('npx clerk@latest init');
+    expect(app.devOutput).toContain('npx clerk@latest link');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/tanstack-react-start/src/server/__tests__/loadOptions.test.ts b/packages/tanstack-react-start/src/server/__tests__/loadOptions.test.ts
index 09ff5aa0294..bcd979fe440 100644
--- a/packages/tanstack-react-start/src/server/__tests__/loadOptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tanstack-react-start/src/server/__tests__/loadOptions.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ describe('loadOptions', () => {
     ['only the secret key is missing', { publishableKey: 'pk_test_Zm9vLWJhci0xMi5jbGVyay5hY2NvdW50cy5kZXYk' }],
     ['both keys are missing', {}],
   ])('throws the CLI-pointing error when %s', (_, overrides) => {
-    expect(() => loadOptions(request, overrides)).toThrow(/Missing secretKey[\s\S]*npx clerk@latest init/);
+    expect(() => loadOptions(request, overrides)).toThrow(/Missing secretKey[\s\S]*npx clerk@latest link/);
   });
 });