diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/plugins/clawhub.sh b/scripts/e2e/lib/plugins/clawhub.sh
index 8d1428ef947..48386643473 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/plugins/clawhub.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/plugins/clawhub.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ run_plugins_clawhub_scenario() {
 
     if [[ "${OPENCLAW_PLUGINS_E2E_LIVE_CLAWHUB:-0}" = "1" ]]; then
       export OPENCLAW_CLAWHUB_URL="${OPENCLAW_CLAWHUB_URL:-${CLAWHUB_URL:-https://clawhub.ai}}"
+      export NPM_CONFIG_REGISTRY="${OPENCLAW_PLUGINS_E2E_LIVE_NPM_REGISTRY:-https://registry.npmjs.org/}"
     elif [[ -z "${OPENCLAW_CLAWHUB_URL:-}" && -z "${CLAWHUB_URL:-}" ]]; then
       # Keep the release-path smoke hermetic; live ClawHub can rate-limit CI.
       clawhub_fixture_dir="$(mktemp -d "/tmp/openclaw-clawhub-fixture.XXXXXX")"
diff --git a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
index 4b8e53e00b5..80baa639224 100644
--- a/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/docker-build-helper.test.ts
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ describe("docker build helper", () => {
     expect(clawhub).toContain("start_clawhub_fixture_server()");
     expect(clawhub).toContain('OPENCLAW_CLAWHUB_URL="http://127.0.0.1:');
     expect(clawhub).toContain("OPENCLAW_PLUGINS_E2E_LIVE_CLAWHUB");
+    expect(clawhub).toContain("OPENCLAW_PLUGINS_E2E_LIVE_NPM_REGISTRY");
     expect(clawhub).toContain("live ClawHub can rate-limit CI");
     expect(clawhub).toContain('[[ -z "${OPENCLAW_CLAWHUB_URL:-}" && -z "${CLAWHUB_URL:-}" ]]');
   });