diff --git a/news/changelog-1.9.md b/news/changelog-1.9.md
index 570473d90d7..5996e470f2e 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.9.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.9.md
@@ -136,3 +136,4 @@ All changes included in 1.9:
 - ([#13856](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13856)): Add code annotation support for Typst and Observable.js code blocks. (author: @mcanouil)
 - ([#13890](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13890)): Fix render failure when using `embed-resources: true` with input path through a symlinked directory. The cleanup now resolves symlinks before comparing paths.
 - ([#13907](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13907)): Ignore AI assistant configuration files (`CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`) when scanning for project input files and in extension templates, similar to how `README.md` is handled.
+- ([#13935](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13935)): Fix `quarto install`, `quarto update`, and `quarto uninstall` interactive tool selection.
diff --git a/src/tools/tools-console.ts b/src/tools/tools-console.ts
index 78f4b634ab4..bc950cc8a73 100644
--- a/src/tools/tools-console.ts
+++ b/src/tools/tools-console.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Posit Software, PBC
  */
 import * as colors from "fmt/colors";
-import { Confirm, Select } from "cliffy/prompt/mod.ts";
+import { Confirm, prompt, Select } from "cliffy/prompt/mod.ts";
 import { Table } from "cliffy/table/mod.ts";
 import { info, warning } from "../deno_ral/log.ts";
 
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ export async function selectTool(
     }
   };
 
-  const toolTarget: string = (await Select.prompt({
+  const result = await prompt([{
+    name: "tool",
     message: `Select a tool to ${action}`,
     options: toolsInfo.map((toolInfo) => {
       return {
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ export async function selectTool(
           : !toolInfo.installed,
       };
     }),
-  })).value;
-  return toolTarget;
+    type: Select,
+  }]);
+  return result.tool;
 }