diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.integration.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.integration.test.ts
index 07b2cc240fc..1260d797261 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.integration.test.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@ describe('GET /community-packages', () => {
 
 		await authAgent.get('/community-packages').expect(200);
 
-		const args = [['outdated', '--json'], { doNotHandleError: true, cwd: expect.any(String) }];
+		const args = [
+			['outdated', '--json'],
+			{
+				doNotHandleError: true,
+				cwd: expect.any(String),
+				registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org',
+				authToken: undefined,
+			},
+		];
 
 		expect(mockedExecuteNpmCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(...args);
 	});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.lifecycle.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.lifecycle.service.test.ts
index e0c9dc05e63..f58f717d51d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.lifecycle.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/__tests__/community-packages.lifecycle.service.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ describe('CommunityPackagesLifecycleService', () => {
 	});
 	const communityPackagesConfig = mock<CommunityPackagesConfig>({
 		unverifiedEnabled: true,
+		registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org',
+		authToken: '',
 	});
 	const instanceSettingsLoaderConfig = mock<InstanceSettingsLoaderConfig>({
 		communityPackagesManagedByEnv: false,
@@ -360,9 +362,32 @@ describe('CommunityPackagesLifecycleService', () => {
 			expect(mockedExecuteNpmCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['outdated', '--json'], {
 				doNotHandleError: true,
 				cwd: '/tmp/n8n-nodes-download',
+				registry: communityPackagesConfig.registry,
+				authToken: communityPackagesConfig.authToken || undefined,
 			});
 		});
 
+		it('should pass custom registry and auth token to npm outdated', async () => {
+			communityPackagesConfig.unverifiedEnabled = true;
+			communityPackagesConfig.registry = 'http://localhost:4873';
+			communityPackagesConfig.authToken = 'my-secret-token';
+			communityPackagesService.getAllInstalledPackages.mockResolvedValue([installedPackage]);
+			communityPackagesService.matchPackagesWithUpdates.mockReturnValue([installedPackage]);
+			Object.defineProperty(communityPackagesService, 'hasMissingPackages', { value: false });
+
+			await lifecycle.listInstalledPackages();
+
+			expect(mockedExecuteNpmCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['outdated', '--json'], {
+				doNotHandleError: true,
+				cwd: '/tmp/n8n-nodes-download',
+				registry: 'http://localhost:4873',
+				authToken: 'my-secret-token',
+			});
+
+			communityPackagesConfig.registry = 'https://registry.npmjs.org';
+			communityPackagesConfig.authToken = '';
+		});
+
 		it('should not run npm outdated when unverifiedEnabled is false', async () => {
 			communityPackagesConfig.unverifiedEnabled = false;
 			communityPackagesService.getAllInstalledPackages.mockResolvedValue([installedPackage]);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/community-packages.lifecycle.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/community-packages.lifecycle.service.ts
index f05b360f4b0..e2e051a7c6d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/community-packages.lifecycle.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/community-packages/community-packages.lifecycle.service.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ export class CommunityPackagesLifecycleService {
 				await executeNpmCommand(['outdated', '--json'], {
 					doNotHandleError: true,
 					cwd: this.instanceSettings.nodesDownloadDir,
+					registry: this.communityPackagesConfig.registry,
+					authToken: this.communityPackagesConfig.authToken || undefined,
 				});
 			} catch (error) {
 				if (isNpmExecErrorWithStdout(error) && error.code === 1) {