diff --git a/ng-dev/release/publish/actions.ts b/ng-dev/release/publish/actions.ts
index 0eb480b8a..a2559749d 100644
--- a/ng-dev/release/publish/actions.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/release/publish/actions.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ export abstract class ReleaseAction {
       // cause the pnpm install from within Bazel to errantly attempt to install a package that
       // does not exist.
       try {
-        this.git.run(['clean', '-qdfX', '**/node_modules']);
+        this.git.run(['clean', '-dfX', '**/node_modules']);
       } catch {}
       await ExternalCommands.invokePnpmInstall(this.projectDir);
       return;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ export abstract class ReleaseAction {
     // we might be able to fix this with Yarn 2+, it is reasonable ensuring clean node modules.
     // TODO: Remove this when we use Yarn 2+ in all Angular repositories.
     try {
-      this.git.run(['clean', '-qdfX', '**/node_modules']);
+      this.git.run(['clean', '-dfX', '**/node_modules']);
     } catch {}
     await ExternalCommands.invokeYarnInstall(this.projectDir);
   }
diff --git a/ng-dev/release/publish/external-commands.ts b/ng-dev/release/publish/external-commands.ts
index 580093a14..d48ca8636 100644
--- a/ng-dev/release/publish/external-commands.ts
+++ b/ng-dev/release/publish/external-commands.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export abstract class ExternalCommands {
     spawnOptions: SpawnOptions = {},
   ): Promise<SpawnResult> {
     if (PnpmVersioning.isUsingPnpm(projectDir)) {
-      return ChildProcess.spawn('npx', ['--yes', 'pnpm', '-s', 'run', ...args], {
+      return ChildProcess.spawn('npx', ['--yes', 'pnpm', 'run', ...args], {
         ...spawnOptions,
         cwd: projectDir,
       });