diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
index 7e43d2d22..8b839496e 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ function runOnSpecificDevice(
         androidProject.appName,
         args.mode,
         args.tasks ?? buildTask,
-        'install',
+        'assemble',
       );
 
       // using '-x lint' in order to ignore linting errors while building the apk