diff --git a/smoke-tests/test/npm-replace-global.js b/smoke-tests/test/npm-replace-global.js
index 7178216ff16ad..e152095977b77 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/test/npm-replace-global.js
+++ b/smoke-tests/test/npm-replace-global.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ t.test('publish and replace global self', async t => {
     await npmPackage({
       manifest: { packuments: [publishedPackument] },
       tarballs: { [version]: tarball },
-      times: setup.SMOKE_PUBLISH ? 3 : 2,
+      times: setup.SMOKE_PUBLISH ? 2 : 3,
     })
     await fs.rm(cache, { recursive: true, force: true })
     await useNpm('install', 'npm@latest', '--global')