diff --git a/packages/cna-template/template/nuxt/package.js b/packages/cna-template/template/nuxt/package.js
index a7f36e1cd..e7d8bab25 100644
--- a/packages/cna-template/template/nuxt/package.js
+++ b/packages/cna-template/template/nuxt/package.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
     if (typescript) {
       for (const key of Object.keys(scripts)) {
-        scripts[key] = scripts[key].replace(/^nuxt /, 'nuxt-ts ')
+        scripts[key] = scripts[key].replace(/^nuxt( |$)/, 'nuxt-ts$1')
       }
     }
     return pkg
diff --git a/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md b/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
index 20a8d9962..480de1af6 100644
--- a/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
+++ b/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.md
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       private: true,
       scripts: {
         build: 'nuxt-ts build',
-        dev: 'nuxt',
+        dev: 'nuxt-ts',
         export: 'nuxt-ts export',
         serve: 'nuxt-ts serve',
         start: 'nuxt-ts start',
diff --git a/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap b/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap
index 2f87295f2..573c0c7b2 100644
Binary files a/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap and b/packages/create-nuxt-app/test/snapshots/index.test.js.snap differ