diff --git a/app/components/Terminal/Execute.vue b/app/components/Terminal/Execute.vue
index c2ee26ac64..2a01f390e4 100644
--- a/app/components/Terminal/Execute.vue
+++ b/app/components/Terminal/Execute.vue
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ const copyExecuteCommand = () => copyExecute(getFullExecuteCommand())
         <span class="w-2.5 h-2.5 rounded-full bg-fg-subtle" />
         <span class="w-2.5 h-2.5 rounded-full bg-fg-subtle" />
       </div>
-      <div class="px-3 pt-2 pb-3 sm:px-4 sm:pt-3 sm:pb-4 space-y-1">
+      <!-- flex gap (not space-y) so hidden PM variants never affect spacing -->
+      <div class="px-3 pt-2 pb-3 sm:px-4 sm:pt-3 sm:pb-4 flex flex-col gap-1">
         <!-- Execute command - render all PM variants, CSS controls visibility -->
         <div
           v-for="pm in packageManagers"
diff --git a/app/components/Terminal/Install.vue b/app/components/Terminal/Install.vue
index acf9ddda5c..6cf5bc85fb 100644
--- a/app/components/Terminal/Install.vue
+++ b/app/components/Terminal/Install.vue
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ useCommandPaletteContextCommands(
         <span class="w-2.5 h-2.5 rounded-full bg-fg-subtle" />
         <span class="w-2.5 h-2.5 rounded-full bg-fg-subtle" />
       </div>
-      <div class="px-3 pt-2 pb-3 sm:px-4 sm:pt-3 sm:pb-4 space-y-1 overflow-x-auto" dir="ltr">
+      <!-- flex gap (not space-y) so hidden PM variants never affect spacing -->
+      <div
+        class="px-3 pt-2 pb-3 sm:px-4 sm:pt-3 sm:pb-4 flex flex-col gap-1 overflow-x-auto"
+        dir="ltr"
+      >
         <!-- Install command - render all PM variants, CSS controls visibility -->
         <div
           v-for="pm in packageManagers"