diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/test/check.js b/packages/create-svelte/test/check.js
index 91e5f3361713d..ecbe25b6c103d 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/test/check.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/test/check.js
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ const workspace = {
 	private: true,
 	version: '0.0.0',
 	pnpm: { overrides },
-	devDependencies: overrides
+	// convert override query "@foo/bar@>x <y" to package name @foo/bar
+	devDependencies: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(overrides).map(([query,range])=>([query.replace(/(@?[^@]+)@.*$/,'$1'),range])))
 };
 
 fs.writeFileSync(