diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 665d0c31d..b8c35ab3d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@ To be released.
         `endpoints.uploadMedia` is not built with
         `ctx.getMediaUploaderUri(identifier)`.
 
+### @fedify/init
+
+ -  Fixed `fedify init`'s hydration test validation to run `format` before
+    `format:check`, which previously caused the entire test suite to fail when
+    the package manager is `npm` or `pnpm`: [[#950]] [[#952]]
+
+[#950]: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/950
+[#952]: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/952
+
 
 Version 2.3.2
 -------------
diff --git a/packages/init/src/test/create.ts b/packages/init/src/test/create.ts
index f966482fe..d3a454175 100644
--- a/packages/init/src/test/create.ts
+++ b/packages/init/src/test/create.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ async function validateDevToolScripts(
   dir: string,
   options: GeneratedType<ReturnType<typeof generateTestCases>>,
 ): Promise<boolean> {
-  const [webFramework, packageManager] = options as [
+  const [_, packageManager] = options as [
     WebFramework,
     PackageManager,
     KvStore,
@@ -143,19 +143,7 @@ async function validateDevToolScripts(
   if (packageManager === "deno") return true;
   if (!(await hasInstalledNodeDependencies(dir))) return true;
 
-  if (webFramework === "astro") {
-    const format = await $`${[packageManager, "run", "format"]}`
-      .cwd(dir)
-      .stdin("null")
-      .stdout("piped")
-      .stderr("piped")
-      .noThrow()
-      .spawn();
-    await saveOutputs(dir, format);
-    if (format.code !== 0) return false;
-  }
-
-  for (const script of ["format:check", "lint"]) {
+  for (const script of ["format", "format:check", "lint"]) {
     const result = await $`${[packageManager, "run", script]}`
       .cwd(dir)
       .stdin("null")