diff --git a/internal/archtest/baseline/no-raw-http.txt b/internal/archtest/baseline/no-raw-http.txt
index 1a417fd..3d1a936 100644
--- a/internal/archtest/baseline/no-raw-http.txt
+++ b/internal/archtest/baseline/no-raw-http.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ internal/config/remote.go:233
 internal/search/search.go:46
 internal/shell/shell.go:28
 internal/shell/shell.go:62
-internal/updater/updater.go:785
+internal/updater/updater.go:792
diff --git a/internal/cli/update.go b/internal/cli/update.go
index 2a18050..67a707e 100644
--- a/internal/cli/update.go
+++ b/internal/cli/update.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 	updateIsHomebrewInstall  = updater.IsHomebrewInstall
 	updateGetLatestVersion   = updater.GetLatestVersion
 	updateDownloadAndReplace = updater.DownloadAndReplace
+	updateBrewUpgrade        = updater.BrewUpgrade
 	updateRollbackFn         = updater.Rollback
 	updateListBackupsFn      = updater.ListBackups
 	updateGetBackupDir       = updater.GetBackupDir
@@ -154,9 +155,16 @@ func runPinnedUpgrade(v string) error {
 
 func runLatestUpgrade() error {
 	if updateIsHomebrewInstall() {
-		ui.Warn("OpenBoot is managed by Homebrew.")
-		ui.Muted("Run 'brew upgrade openboot' to update.")
-		return fmt.Errorf("use 'brew upgrade openboot'")
+		if updateDryRun {
+			ui.Info("Dry-run: would run 'brew upgrade openboot'.")
+			return nil
+		}
+		ui.Info("Updating OpenBoot via Homebrew...")
+		if err := updateBrewUpgrade(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("update failed: %w", err)
+		}
+		ui.Success("Update complete.")
+		return nil
 	}
 	if updateDryRun {
 		ui.Info("Dry-run: would check GitHub for the latest release and upgrade.")
diff --git a/internal/cli/update_test.go b/internal/cli/update_test.go
index 139278b..30629d6 100644
--- a/internal/cli/update_test.go
+++ b/internal/cli/update_test.go
@@ -121,13 +121,45 @@ func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewRefusesRollback(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Homebrew")
 }
 
-func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewRefusesLatest(t *testing.T) {
+func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewLatestCallsBrew(t *testing.T) {
 	resetUpdateFlags(t)
 	stubSeams(t, func() bool { return true }, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 
+	called := 0
+	orig := updateBrewUpgrade
+	updateBrewUpgrade = func() error { called++; return nil }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBrewUpgrade = orig })
+
+	err := runUpdateCmd(nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, called, "brew upgrade should be invoked exactly once")
+}
+
+func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewLatestPropagatesBrewError(t *testing.T) {
+	resetUpdateFlags(t)
+	stubSeams(t, func() bool { return true }, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+
+	orig := updateBrewUpgrade
+	updateBrewUpgrade = func() error { return errors.New("brew exit 1") }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBrewUpgrade = orig })
+
 	err := runUpdateCmd(nil, nil)
 	require.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "brew upgrade openboot")
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "update failed")
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "brew exit 1")
+}
+
+func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewLatestDryRunSkipsBrew(t *testing.T) {
+	resetUpdateFlags(t)
+	updateDryRun = true
+	stubSeams(t, func() bool { return true }, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+
+	orig := updateBrewUpgrade
+	updateBrewUpgrade = func() error { t.Fatal("brew should not run in dry-run"); return nil }
+	t.Cleanup(func() { updateBrewUpgrade = orig })
+
+	err := runUpdateCmd(nil, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestRunUpdate_HomebrewAllowsListBackups(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/updater/updater.go b/internal/updater/updater.go
index 288d7f5..d611660 100644
--- a/internal/updater/updater.go
+++ b/internal/updater/updater.go
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ var execBrewUpgrade = func(formula string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// BrewUpgrade pulls the openboot tap and runs `brew upgrade openboot`.
+// It is the public entry point used by the manual `openboot update` command;
+// AutoUpgrade calls execBrewUpgrade directly.
+func BrewUpgrade() error {
+	return execBrewUpgrade(brewFormula)
+}
+
 func doBrewUpgrade(currentVersion, latestVersion string) {
 	latestClean := TrimVersionPrefix(latestVersion)
 	currentClean := TrimVersionPrefix(currentVersion)