diff --git a/src/cli/argv.test.ts b/src/cli/argv.test.ts
index f5cd7720a07..25f04e80ac5 100644
--- a/src/cli/argv.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/argv.test.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ describe("argv helpers", () => {
         rawArgs: ["/usr/bin/node-22.2.0", "openclaw", "status"],
         expected: ["/usr/bin/node-22.2.0", "openclaw", "status"],
       },
+      {
+        rawArgs: ["node24", "openclaw", "status"],
+        expected: ["node24", "openclaw", "status"],
+      },
+      {
+        rawArgs: ["/usr/bin/node24", "openclaw", "status"],
+        expected: ["/usr/bin/node24", "openclaw", "status"],
+      },
+      {
+        rawArgs: ["node24.exe", "openclaw", "status"],
+        expected: ["node24.exe", "openclaw", "status"],
+      },
       {
         rawArgs: ["nodejs", "openclaw", "status"],
         expected: ["nodejs", "openclaw", "status"],
diff --git a/src/cli/argv.ts b/src/cli/argv.ts
index 7ab7588ae06..5229dcb19c9 100644
--- a/src/cli/argv.ts
+++ b/src/cli/argv.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export function buildParseArgv(params: {
   return ["node", programName || "openclaw", ...normalizedArgv];
 }
 
-const nodeExecutablePattern = /^node-\d+(?:\.\d+)*(?:\.exe)?$/;
+const nodeExecutablePattern = /^node(?:-\d+|\d+)(?:\.\d+)*(?:\.exe)?$/;
 
 function isNodeExecutable(executable: string): boolean {
   return (